Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°21′N 70°00′W / 47.350°N 70.000°W / 47.350; -70.000^[1]Country

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMKamouraskaConstitutedJuly 1, 1855Named forseigneury of la Pocatière^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorJean-François Pelletier • Federal riding Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Prov. ridingCôte-du-SudArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total79.70 km² (30.77 sq mi) • Land54.78 km² (21.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total1,597 • Density29.2/km² (76/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

2.4% • Dwellings

717Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0R 2A0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

A-20 (TCH)

R-132

R-230Websitewww.ste-anne-de-la-pocatiere.com

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière had a population of 1,597 living in 681 of its 717 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,636. With a land area of 54.78 km² (21.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.2/km² (75.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Government

Mayor: Jean-François Pelletier
Councillors: Sylvain Dorion, Carole Lévesque, Pascale G. Malenfant, Josée Michaud, Natasha Pelletier, Annie Sénéchal

Notable people

Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, glamour model

References

^ ^a ^b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56030". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052414090&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocati%E8re ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.