Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 983.

Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Sainte-Perpétue Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 9, 1878
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Line Théroux
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area [2][4]
• Total	71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
• Land	71.46 km2 (27.59 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	983
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.5%
• Dwellings	376
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0C 1R0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 259

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of 916 living in 384 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 959. With a land area of 71.51 km² (27.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km² (33.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6] Census Population Change (%) 2011 983 2.5% 2006 959 3.4% 2001 993 3.0% 1996 1,024 1.1% 1991 1,013 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 950 100.00% English onlyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070709095214/http:// 0 0.00% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Attractions

A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Festival du cochon de Sainte-Perpétue