Saint-Philibert, Quebec

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Saint-Philibert
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Philibert is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Philibert
Saint-Philibert
Location in southern Quebec.
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted February 25, 1921
Government[2]
 • Mayor Marc Nadeau
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 56.60 km2 (21.85 sq mi)
 • Land 58.95 km2 (22.76 sq mi)
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Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 367
 • Density 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.2%
 • Dwellings 149
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1X0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes
Website www.st-philibert.qc.ca

Saint-Philibert is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The population is 404 as of 2009. It is named after reverend François-Philibert Lamontagne, who promoted the parish at the time of the church construction in 1919.

A fire destroyed this same church on February 14, 2009.

References

  1. Reference number 57437 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 29065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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