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Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.

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Saint-Antonin
City
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Saint-Antonin Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted	August 30, 1856
Government [2]
• Mayor	Réal Thibault
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
• Land	175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	4,027
• Density	22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.5%
• Dwellings	1,650
Postal code(s)	G0L 2J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-85 (TCH)	Route 185 (TCH)
Website	www.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
• Population in 2016: 4,049
• Population in 2011: 4,027
• Population in 2006: 3,780
• Population in 2001: 3,395
• Population in 1996: 3,368

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.4%
• French as first language: 99.5%
• English and French as first language: 0.1%
• Other as first language: 0.1%

Education

Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:

• École Lanouette [6]

The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:

• Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer[7]

References

• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

External links

• Media related to Saint-Antonin, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Saint-Antonin, Quebec

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[fr] Saint-Antonin (Québec)

La ville de Saint-Antonin est située à quelques kilomètres au sud de la ville de Rivière-du-Loup dans la municipalité régionale de comté de Rivière-du-Loup, dans la région administrative du Bas-Saint-Laurent, au Québec, au Canada[1]. On y retrouve plusieurs tourbières et exploitations agricoles. À Saint-Antonin se déroule aussi le Festival Country de St-Antonin à chaque mois de juin[2], la Super démolition en juillet ainsi que le Super motocross dans le mois d'août[3].

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