Saint-Simon-les-Mines, Quebec

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Saint-Simon-les-Mines
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Simon-les-Mines is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Simon-les-Mines
Saint-Simon-les-Mines
Location in southern Quebec.
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted June 1, 1950
Government[2]
 • Mayor Martin Busque
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 47.30 km2 (18.26 sq mi)
 • Land 47.59 km2 (18.37 sq mi)
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Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 496
 • Density 10.4/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 4.9%
 • Dwellings 216
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1K0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes

Saint-Simon-les-Mines is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 507 as of 2009. It is named after Simon the Zealot, one of Jesus' apostles, while "les Mines" refers to a small gold mine that was discovered and exploited in the mid-nineteenth century.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 57657 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 29125 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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