Saint-Hugues, Quebec
| Saint-Hugues | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location within Les Maskoutains RCM. | |
  Saint-Hugues Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′N 72°52′W / 45.800°N 72.867°WCoordinates: 45°48′N 72°52′W / 45.800°N 72.867°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Les Maskoutains |
| Founded | 1827 |
| Constituted | November 6, 1982 |
| Government[2][3] | |
| • Mayor | Serge Picard |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
| • Prov. riding | Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Area[2][4] | |
| • Total | 85.90 km2 (33.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.84 km2 (32.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 1,292 |
| • Density | 15.4/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.4% |
| • Dwellings | 536 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0H 1N0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |
 Route 224  Route 239 |
| Website |
www |
Saint-Hugues (/ˌseɪnt ˈhjuːz/; French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.yɡ]) is a town in southwestern Quebec north northeast of St-Hyacinthe, with a 2006 population of 1,310. It is located along Quebec Route 224, halfway between Saint-Guillaume and Saint-Simon-de-Bagot.
History
In 1827 Saint-Hugues was created as a village, later to be incorporated into the county of Bagot.[5]
Demographics
Population
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Language
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English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
1,290 |
1,270 |  1.2% |
98.45% | 15 | 40.0% |
1.16% | 5 | n/a% |
0.39% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
| 2006 |
1,305 |
1,255 | 1.6% |
96.17% | 25 | n/a% |
1.92% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 25 | n/a% |
1.92% | |||||
| 2001 |
1,275 |
1,275 | 5.9% |
100.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
| 1996 |
1,370 |
1,355 | n/a | 98.91% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 15 | n/a | 1.09% | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 133634 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Hugues
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
- 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Hugues, Quebec
- ↑ Blanchard, Raoul (1947). Le centre du Canada français: "province de Québec". Beauchemin. p. 76.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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Saint-Louis | Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu | Saint-Guillaume | |
| Saint-Jude |  |
Saint-Eugène | ||
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| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | Saint-Simon | Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot |
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