Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Quebec

Sainte-Germaine-Boulé
Municipality

Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Sainte-Germaine-Boulé

Location in western Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°07′W / 48.600°N 79.117°W / 48.600; -79.117Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°07′W / 48.600°N 79.117°W / 48.600; -79.117[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1932
Constituted January 1, 1954
Government[2]
  Mayor Jaclin Bégin
  Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
  Total 110.60 km2 (42.70 sq mi)
  Land 110.31 km2 (42.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 895
  Density 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.0%
  Dwellings 375
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Z 1M0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 101
Route 393
Website www.ste-germaine.ao.ca

Sainte-Germaine-Boulé is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 108.46 square kilometres (41.88 sq mi) and had a population of 895 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1954.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 373 (total dwellings: 375)

Mother tongue:[5]

Municipal council

Hay baling in Sainte-Germaine-Boulé

References

  1. Reference number 56187 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 "Sainte-Germaine-Boulé". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. 1 2 "Sainte-Germaine-Boulé census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. "Sainte-Germaine-Boulé community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.



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