Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 569 as of 2021. It was named after Clotilde, Frankish queen and wife of Clovis I. "Beauce" refers to the municipality's former census division and helps to its differentiation with other Quebec municipalities named "Sainte-Clotilde."
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce | |
|---|---|
 Church of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce | |
 Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
  Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°08′N 71°02′W / 46.13°N 71.03°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Constituted | November 19, 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gérald Grenier |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.55 km2 (23.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 569 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  3.6% |
| • Dwellings | 261 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-271 |
| Website | www |
Demographics edit
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2021: 569 (2011 to 2016 population change: 3.6%)
- Population in 2016: 549 (2011 to 2016 population change: -15.5%)
- Population in 2011: 650
- Population in 2006: 601
- Population in 2001: 577
- Population in 1996: 583
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 233 (total dwellings: 261)
References edit
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 137716". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 7 November 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2021 census
External links edit
Media related to Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce at Wikimedia Commons- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
