Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec
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Saint-Hippolyte Saint-Hippolyte-de-Kilkenny |
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Coordinates: | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Government | |
- Mayor | Gilles Rousseau (2005 - 2009) |
Area | |
- Total | 121.19 km² (46.8 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
- Total | 6,622 |
- Density | 55/km² (142.4/sq mi) |
Population was 6039 in 2001 | |
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
- Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Area code(s) | 450 |
Saint-Hippolyte is a parish municipality within the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec and the administrative region of Laurentides in the Laurentian mountains about 45 km north of Montreal. The name comes from Saint Hippolytus.
Part of the town was formerly known as Abercrombie-Est.
Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Piedmont, Prévost and some other communities in the Laurentians.