Saint-Antonin, Quebec
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Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
- Population in 2016: 4,049
- Population in 2011: 4,027
- Population in 2006: 3,780
- Population in 2001: 3,395
- Population in 1996: 3,368
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.4%
- French as first language: 99.5%
- English and French as first language: 0.1%
- Other as first language: 0.1%
Education
Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:
- École Lanouette [6]
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:
- Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer[7]
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Antonin, Quebec (Code 2412015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Modifications Aux Municipalités du Québec. Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ https://lanouette.csskamloup.gouv.qc.ca/
- ^ "Metis Beach School - Believe, Achieve, Succeed……".
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
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- Rivière-du-Loup
- Saint-Antonin
- Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent:
Kamouraska - La Matapédia
- La Mitis
- Les Basques
- La Matanie
- Rimouski-Neigette
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Témiscouata
- Indian Reserves
- Cacouna
- Kataskomiq