Saint-Agapit

Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Coat of arms of Saint-Agapit
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Ad meliora semper
(Always for the better)
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
46°34′N 71°26′W / 46.567°N 71.433°W / 46.567; -71.433[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMLotbinièreConstitutedApril 14, 1979Government
[2]
 • MayorYves Gingras • Federal ridingLévis—Lotbinière • Prov. ridingLotbinière-FrontenacArea
[2][3]
 • Total64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) • Land65.40 km2 (25.25 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation
 (2021)[3]
 • Total4,526 • Density69.2/km2 (179/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 5.7% • Dwellings
1,967Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code(s)418 and 581Highways R-116
R-273Websitewww.st-agapit.qc.ca

Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.

Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning 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

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

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98674". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Agapit, Quebec". 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
  5. ^ "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).
  6. ^ 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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