Saint-Côme–Linière, Quebec

Saint-Côme–Linière
Municipality

Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Côme–Linière

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°31′W / 46.067°N 70.517°WCoordinates: 46°04′N 70°31′W / 46.067°N 70.517°W[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted April 13, 1994
Government[2]
 • Mayor Gabriel Giguère
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 152.20 km2 (58.76 sq mi)
 • Land 150.40 km2 (58.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 3,274
 • Density 21.8/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.4%
 • Dwellings 1,480
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1J0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 173
Route 275
Website www.stcomeliniere.com

Saint-Côme–Linière is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The official spelling given by the Commission de toponymie uses an en dash after "Saint-Côme",[1][2] but the town's own website uses a second hyphen: Saint-Côme-Linière.[4] The population is 3,282 as of 2009.

Saint-Côme–Linière was constituted by the amalgamation of the parish municipality of Saint-Côme-de-Kennebec and the village of Linière on August 17, 1994. Saint-Côme was named after Arabian-born Christian martyr Saint Cosmas and Linière received its name from the Lord who was first granted the land and cultivated fields of flax ("Lin" in French).[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reference number 288955 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 29057 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2429057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ official website