Saint-Philibert, Quebec

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Saint-Philibert
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Philibert
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°33′W / 46.133°N 70.550°W / 46.133; -70.550Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°33′W / 46.133°N 70.550°W / 46.133; -70.550[1]
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)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
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)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2429065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 


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