Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Quebec

Place in Quebec, Canada

45°56′N 70°57′W / 45.933°N 70.950°W / 45.933; -70.950^[1]Country

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBeauce-SartiganConstitutedMarch 1, 1870Named forPope Evaristus, James Bell Forsyth^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorGaétan Bégin • Federal ridingBeauce • Prov. ridingBeauce-SudArea

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• Total112.00 km² (43.24 sq mi) • Land111.22 km² (42.94 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[3]

• Total525 • Density4.7/km² (12/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

18.9% • Dwellings

310Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0M 1S0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-108Websitewww.st-evariste.qc.ca

Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth was a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It was part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 647 at the 2006 census.

As with several other municipalities located in the Eastern Townships, Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth derived its name from its Roman Catholic parish and its township. The parish is named after Pope Evaristus and the township after lumber baron James Bell Forsyth.

On January 1, 2024, the municipality merged with Courcelles to form the new municipality of Courcelles–Saint-Évariste.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56488". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29025". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Quebec (Code 2429025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/lois_reglements/2023F/82199.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}