Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec

Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Parish municipality
Saint-Étienne Church
Saint-Étienne Church
Coat of arms of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Sub Pondere Virtus Crescit
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°26′N 72°46′W / 46.433°N 72.767°W / 46.433; -72.767[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMMaskinongé
ConstitutedApril 14, 1859
Government
[2]
 • MayorRobert Landry
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingMaskinongé
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
105.60 km2 (40.77 sq mi)
 • Land104.78 km2 (40.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
4,217
 • Density40.2/km2 (104/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 8.7%
 • Dwellings
1,788
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 2P0
Area code819
Highways
A-55
R-153
Websitewww.mun-stedg.qc.ca
La Gabelle Power Station on the Saint-Maurice River.

Saint-Étienne-des-Grès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn de gʁɛ]) is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Local points of interest include La Gabelle Generating Station, a power plant completed in 1924.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès had a population of 4,539 living in 1,874 of its 1,945 total private dwellings, a change of -0% from its 2016 population of 4,541. With a land area of 104.54 km2 (40.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 43.4/km2 (112.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Government

The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has had thirty-one mayors.[5]

# Mayor Took office Left office
1 François Carbonneau 1855 1858
2 Luc Pellerin 1858 1862
3 François Dargis 1862 1867
4 Jean-Baptiste Beauchemin 1867 1867
5 Odilon Larcousière 1868 1869
6 Euchariste Grenier 1870 1870
7 Joseph Comeau 1870 1872
8 Uldoric Brunelle 1872 1874
9 Augustin Milette 1875 1877
10 Simon J. Remington 1877 1884
11 Joseph Ringuette 1884 1886
12 Uldoric Brunelle 1887 1900
13 Charles Milot 1901 1903
14 Étienne Laroche 1904 1907
15 François Chrétien [6] 1907 1910
16 Joseph-Edmond Lemire 1910 1914
17 François Chrétien 1914 1927
18 J.-Félix Saint-Onge 1927 1929
19 Joseph Marcotte 1929 1937
20 Anselme Bourassa 1937 1953
21 J.-Arthur Lemire 1953 1965
22 Louis-Philippe Plourde 1965 1967
23 Louis-Alphonse Bournival 1967 1968
24 J.-Arthur Lemire 1968 1973
25 Roger Bellemare 1973 1975
26 Joseph Duplessis 1975 1977
27 Jules Bellemare 1977 1989
28 François Chénier 1989 2001
29 Luc Massé 2001 2005
30 François Chénier 2005 2008 [7]
31 Robert Landry 2008 [8] Current

Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès are on a non-partisan basis.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56460". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 51090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec (Code 2451090) 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.
  5. ^ Souvenances, Histoire du fief et de la paroisse de depuis 1673, page 191
  6. ^ Chrétien was the grandfather of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. See: Lawrence Martin, Chrétien, The Will to Win, Volume 1, page 12
  7. ^ Chénier resigned before the completion of his four-year term. See: Le maire Chénier claque la porte, Info 690, January 15, 2008
  8. ^ Robert Landry élu maire, Radio-Canada, April 25, 2008

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