Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Quebec

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Notre-Dame-des-Pins is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°43′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedJune 29, 1926
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Bégin
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total25.00 km2 (9.65 sq mi)
 • Land24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,812
 • Density75.2/km2 (195/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 13.7%
 • Dwellings
763
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1K0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-173
Websitewww.notredame
despins.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its covered bridge crossing the Chaudière River. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is 146 m long. It is the longest of its kind in Quebec and the second longest in Canada.

Toponymy

When the municipality was founded, in 1926, the original name was Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence. Since the name never really established itself in local usage, it was changed to Notre-Dame-des-Pins in 1978.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Pins had a population of 1,812 living in 745 of its 763 total private dwellings, a change of 13.7% from its 2016 population of 1,594. With a land area of 24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km2 (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Reference number 92439 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 29120 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. "Fiche descriptive".
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.



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