Sainte-Aurélie
Municipality
Dam over Abenaquis Lake.
Dam over Abenaquis Lake.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Aurélie is located in Southern Quebec
Sainte-Aurélie
Sainte-Aurélie
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W / 46.183°N 70.367°W / 46.183; -70.367[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedApril 3, 1909
Government
[2]
 • MayorGilles Gaudet
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi)
 • Land78.25 km2 (30.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total856
 • Density10.9/km2 (28/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 1.2%
 • Dwellings
507
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1M0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-275
R-277
Websitewww.ste-aurelie.qc.ca

Sainte-Aurélie is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 856 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.

Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.

History

Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1909. It was originally known as Metgermette-Nord and was created by separating from what would become Saint-Zacharie. It would be in 1932 that Metgermette-Nord would take its current name of Sainte-Aurélie

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56059". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=sainte%2Daurelie&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052428015



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