Saint-Antonin, Quebec

Saint-Antonin
Municipality
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Saint-Antonin Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°WCoordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted	August 30, 1856
Government[2]
• Mayor	Réal Thibault
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area[2][3]
• Total	175.10 km^2 (67.61 sq mi)
• Land	175.94 km^2 (67.93 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	4,027
• Density	22.9/km^2 (59/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.5%
• Dwellings	1,650
Postal code(s)	G0L 2J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-85 (TCH)	Route 185 (TCH)
Website	www.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

Saint-Antonin is a municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.

On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.^[4]

References

1. Reference number 55652 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 12015 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2412015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.

• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

External links

• Media related to Saint-Antonin, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons

Saint Antonin Church