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Saint-Célestin is a village municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Saint-Célestin (village) Formerly Annaville
Village municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Saint-Célestin (village) Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°13′N 72°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	November 25, 1896
Named for	Pope Celestine V[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Raymond Noël
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area [2][3]
• Total	1.50 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
• Land	1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	831
• Density	587.5/km2 (1,522/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	6.4%
• Dwellings	385
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0C 1G0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 226
Census profile	2450030[3]
MAMROT info	50030[2]
Toponymie info	259388[1]
Website	www.village- st-celestin.net

It is enclaved within the municipality that is also called Saint-Célestin.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Célestin had a population of 892 living in 382 of its 403 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 831. With a land area of 1.41 km² (0.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 632.6/km² (1,638.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	831	6.4%
2011	781	2.5%
2006	762	3.4%
2001	737	2.5%
1996	756	2.9%
1991	735	N/A

Notable residents

• Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), architect and designer of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, was born in Saint-Célestin-de-Nicolet, Quebec on March 19, 1856.

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

References

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