Saint-Agapit
Saint-Agapit | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Saint-Agapit | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Ad meliora semper (Always for the better) | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Saint-Agapit Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W / 46.567°N 71.433°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | April 14, 1979 |
| Named for | Pope Agapetus I |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Gingras |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 65.40 km2 (25.25 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,526 |
| • Density | 69.2/km2 (179/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.7% |
| • Dwellings | 1,967 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-116  R-273 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.
It is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after he won it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2021: 4,526 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.7%)
- Population in 2016: 4,280 (2011 to 2016 population change: 20.0%)
- Population in 2011: 3,567 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.3%)
- Population in 2006: 2,965
- Population in 2001: 2,906
- Population in 1996: 2,913
- Population in 1991: 2,980
- Population in 1986: 2,943
- Population in 1981: 2,954
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,914 (total dwellings: 1,967)
References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98674". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Agapit, Quebec". 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
- ^ "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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