Sainte-Praxède is a parish municipality located in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 363 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after Catholic saint Praxedes.

Sainte-Praxède
Parish municipality
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Sainte-Praxède Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°54′N 71°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Constituted	January 1, 1944
Government [2]
• Mayor	Daniel Talbot
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	155.00 km2 (59.85 sq mi)
• Land	136.86 km2 (52.84 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	363
• Density	2.7/km2 (7/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	14.6%
• Dwellings	274
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1E1
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 263
Website	www.ste-praxede.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Praxède had a population of 351 living in 157 of its 290 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 327. With a land area of 136.18 km² (52.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.6/km² (6.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire