Sainte-Justine, Quebec

Sainte-Justine
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Sainte-Justine is located in Southern Quebec
Sainte-Justine
Sainte-Justine
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W / 46.400; -70.350[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1870
Government
[2]
 • MayorDenis Beaulieu
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
126.40 km2 (48.80 sq mi)
 • Land126.10 km2 (48.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
1,845
 • Density14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 1.1%
 • Dwellings
834
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 1Y0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-204
Websitewww.stejustine.net

Sainte-Justine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒystin]) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.

It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.

The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.[4]

People linked to Sainte-Justine

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 279887". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Sainte-Justine, Quebec (Code 2428045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ Lowrie, Morgan (24 December 2016). "Carrier's 'The Hockey Sweater' still captivates, 70 years after winter of 1946". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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