Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Sainte-Sabine is a parish municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 386 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Not to be confused with Sainte-Sabine, Montérégie, Quebec.

Sainte-Sabine
Parish municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Sabine is located in Southern Quebec
Sainte-Sabine
Sainte-Sabine
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 70°21′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedAugust 26, 1908
Government
[2]
 • MayorDenis Boutin
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total68.00 km2 (26.25 sq mi)
 • Land66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total386
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 5.4%
 • Dwellings
235
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 4H0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.ste-sabine.qc.ca

It is named after the Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine, where cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin often went during his theology studies in Rome.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Sabine had a population of 343 living in 195 of its 237 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 358. With a land area of 66.89 km2 (25.83 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 56401 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 28065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec (Code 2428065) 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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