Sainte-Marguerite, Québec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.
Sainte-Marguerite is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,107 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Marguerite Marcoux, who gave part of the land she owned in 1830 for the construction of a church.
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Sainte-Marguerite | |
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Coordinates: 46°31′N 70°56′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Claude Perreault |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
Area | |
• Total | 83.10 km2 (32.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 83.30 km2 (32.16 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2019)[3] | |
• Total | 1,107 |
• Density | 12.9/km2 (33/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 1.2% |
• Dwellings | 495 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-216 R-275 |
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