Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,659.

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°11′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Constituted	November 6, 1982
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Martin Lévesque
• Federal riding	Verchères—Les Patriotes
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area [2][4]
• Total	67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi)
• Land	65.72 km2 (25.37 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,659
• Density	25.2/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.1%
• Dwellings	682
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0L 1R0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 223
Website	www.saint-antoine-sur-richelieu.ca

Saint-Antoine-siur-Richelieu was the birthplace of Father of Confederation George-Étienne Cartier.

Demographics

Population Population trend:[5] Census Population Change (%) 2011 1,659 4.1% 2006 1,594 4.9% 2001 1,519 0.9% 1996 1,533 2.7% 1991 1,576 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,505 97.41% English only 15 0.97% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 25 1.62%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

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