Saint-Philibert, Quebec
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.
Saint-Philibert | |
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Municipality | |
 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Philibert Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°33′W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | February 25, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | François Morin |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56.60 km2 (21.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 58.95 km2 (22.76 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 367 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 149 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0M 1X0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
A fire destroyed this same church on February 14, 2009.
References
- Reference number 57437 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 29065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2429065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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