Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
Packington | |
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Parish municipality | |
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![]() ![]() Packington Location in eastern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 47°29′N 68°47′W[1] | |
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Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Témiscouata |
Constituted | October 6, 1925 |
Named for | John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Emilien Beaulieu |
• Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 123.30 km2 (47.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 578 |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 419 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0L 1Z0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | www |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Packington had a population of 578 living in 273 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of -4.1% from its 2016 population of 603. With a land area of 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km2 (12.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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