Saint-Gérard-Majella is a parish municipality located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Québec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 246.

Saint-Gérard-Majella
Parish municipality
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM.
Saint-Gérard-Majella Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°00′N 72°50′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Pierre-De Saurel
Constituted	February 18, 1907
Named for	Gerard Majella[1]
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Charles Lachapelle
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Richelieu
Area [2][4]
• Total	38.20 km2 (14.75 sq mi)
• Land	38.21 km2 (14.75 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	246
• Density	6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.4%
• Dwellings	109
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0G 1X1
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 122 Route 132

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Gérard-Majella had a population of 240 living in 103 of its 105 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 242. With a land area of 38.32 km² (14.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km² (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6] Census Population Change (%) 2011 246 2.4% 2006 252 1.9% 2001 257 0.4% 1996 258 5.1% 1991 272 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 250 100.00% English only 0 0.00% Both English & French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References