Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.

For other uses, see Issoudun (disambiguation).

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Issoudun
Parish municipality
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Issoudun is located in Southern Quebec
Issoudun
Issoudun
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 4, 1909
Government
[2]
 • MayorAnnie Thériault
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi)
 • Land60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total869
 • Density14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 9.4%
 • Dwellings
338
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1L0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-20
R-271
Websitewww.issoudun.qc.ca

The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.

On August 11, 1957, Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun had a population of 867 living in 351 of its 370 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 861. With a land area of 60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.4/km2 (37.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 44890 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 33085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec (Code 2433085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. "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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