Saint-Célestin is a municipality in Quebec, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of the Centre-du-Québec region.
Saint-Célestin | |
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Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°13′N 72°26′W / 46.217°N 72.433°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
Constituted | July 1, 1864 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maurice Morin |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 77.70 km2 (30.00 sq mi) |
• Land | 77.13 km2 (29.78 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 575 |
• Density | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 254 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
While the municipality surrounds it on most sides, the village of Saint-Célestin also borders the city of Bécancour thus making it not an enclave.
Demographics
editPopulation
editPopulation trend:[4]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2016 | 575 | 5.9% |
2011 | 611 | 2.1% |
2006 | 624 | 3.4% |
2001 | 647 | 3.4% |
1996 | 670 | 9.1% |
1991 | 737 | N/A |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55787". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 50035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Célestin, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census