Sainte-Praxède
Parish municipality
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Sainte-Praxède is located in Southern Quebec
Sainte-Praxède
Sainte-Praxède
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°54′N 71°15′W / 45.900°N 71.250°W / 45.900; -71.250[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1944
Government
[2]
 • MayorDaniel Talbot
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingMégantic
Area
[2][3]
 • Total155.00 km2 (59.85 sq mi)
 • Land136.86 km2 (52.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total363
 • Density2.7/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 14.6%
 • Dwellings
274
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1E1
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-263
Websitewww.ste-praxede.ca

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.

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

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57541". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31050". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Sainte-Praxède, Quebec (Code 2431050) 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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