Sainte-Justine is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.

Sainte-Justine
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Sainte-Justine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	January 1, 1870
Government [2]
• Mayor	Denis Beaulieu
• Federal riding	Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Total	126.40 km2 (48.80 sq mi)
• Land	126.10 km2 (48.69 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,845
• Density	14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.1%
• Dwellings	834
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1Y0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 204
Website	www.stejustine.net

It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.

The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.[4]

People linked to Sainte-Justine

• Roch Carrier, author
• Alex Tanguay, National Hockey League player
• Julie Labonté
• Étienne Lecours
• Chadou

References

External links

• Media related to Sainte-Justine, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

See also

• Daaquam River, a stream
• Roche River (Daaquam River), a stream
• Onze River (Roche River), a stream
• Douze River (Roche River), a stream
• Moulin River (Roche River), a stream
• Famine River, a stream
• Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality (RCM)
• List of municipalities in Quebec