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Saint-Elphège (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.t‿ɛlfɛʒ]) is a parish municipality located on the east bank of the Saint-François River in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 292.

Saint-Elphège
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM
Saint-Elphège Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 72°42′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 12, 1886
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Claude Précourt
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area [2][4]
• Total	42.20 km2 (16.29 sq mi)
• Land	40.53 km2 (15.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	292
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.7%
• Dwellings	108
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0G 1J0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 226
Website	www.st-elphege.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Elphège had a population of 251 living in 102 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of -7% from its 2016 population of 270. With a land area of 40.53 km² (15.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.2/km² (16.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	292	7.7%
2006	271	7.8%
2001	294	8.4%
1996	321	0.3%
1991	320	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	225	93.75%
English only	15	6.25%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Saint-Elphège at Wikimedia Commons

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