Saint-Anselme

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Municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°38′N 70°58′W / 46.633°N 70.967°W / 46.633; -70.967^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBellechasseConstitutedJanuary 7, 1998Government

^[2]

• MayorYves Turgeon • Federal riding Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis • Prov. ridingBellechasseArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total74.90 km² (28.92 sq mi) • Land74.22 km² (28.66 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total4,047 • Density54.5/km² (141/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

2.8% • Dwellings

1,772Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0R 2N0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-277Websitewww.st-anselme.ca

Saint-Anselme is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River goes through the village.

Personalities

Georges Dumont (Saint-Anselme, 1898 - Moncton, 1966), medical doctor and politician
Louis-Napoléon Larochelle (1834-1890), manufacturer, railway contractor and politician

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 338861". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19062". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Anselme, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.