Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec
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Sainte-Aurélie | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Les Etchemins RCM. Location within Les Etchemins RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Etchemins |
Constituted | April 3, 1909 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Gilles Gaudet |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi) |
• Land | 77.81 km2 (30.04 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 910 |
• Density | 11.7/km2 (30/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 534 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0M 1M0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Sainte-Aurélie is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 910 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.
Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.
Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1906.
References
- ↑ Reference number 56059 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 28015 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
- Canada Border Services Agency
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