Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Notre-Dame-des-Pins Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°43′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	June 29, 1926
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pierre Bégin
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	25.00 km2 (9.65 sq mi)
• Land	24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,812
• Density	75.2/km2 (195/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	13.7%
• Dwellings	763
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1K0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-73	Route 173
Website	www.notredame despins.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its covered bridge crossing the Chaudière River. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is 146 m long. It is the longest of its kind in Quebec and the second longest in Canada.

Toponymy

When the municipality was founded, in 1926, the original name was Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence. Since the name never really established itself in local usage, it was changed to Notre-Dame-des-Pins in 1978.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Pins had a population of 1,812 living in 745 of its 763 total private dwellings, a change of 13.7% from its 2016 population of 1,594. With a land area of 24.09 km² (9.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km² (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire