Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec
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Saint-Apollinaire | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Lotbinière RCM. Location within Lotbinière RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | April 6, 1974 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Ginette Moreau |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 97.90 km2 (37.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 97.17 km2 (37.52 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 5,102 |
• Density | 52.5/km2 (136/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 15.3% |
• Dwellings | 2,262 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0S 2E0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 |
Route 273 |
Website | www |
Saint-Apollinaire is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,587 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Apollinaris (French: Saint Apollinaire).
History
The area was settled starting in 1850 and Saint-Apollinaire was founded in 1855, after the territory was detached from Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly. In 1974, the village of Francœur joined the municipality, giving it its current shape.
References
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- Commission de toponymie du Québec: Saint-Apollinaire (French)
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire (French)
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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |||
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun | Lévis | |||
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Saint-Flavien | Saint-Agapit | Saint-Gilles |
- ↑ Reference number 55653 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 33090 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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