Saint-Agapit
Municipality
Aerial view of Saint-Agapit
Aerial view of Saint-Agapit
Coat of arms of Saint-Agapit
Coat of arms
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Agapit is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Agapit
Saint-Agapit
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W / 46.567°N 71.433°W / 46.567; -71.433[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedApril 14, 1979
Government
[2]
 • MayorYves Gingras
 • Federal ridingLévis—Lotbinière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi)
 • Land65.44 km2 (25.27 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total4,280
 • Density65.4/km2 (169/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 20%
 • Dwellings
1,842
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1Z0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-116
R-273
Websitewww.st-agapit.qc.ca

Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,280 as of 2016. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.

Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2016: 4,280 (2011 to 2016 population change: 20.0%)
  • Population in 2011: 3,567 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 2,965
  • Population in 2001: 2,906
  • Population in 1996: 2,913
  • Population in 1991: 2,980
  • Population in 1986: 2,943
  • Population in 1981: 2,954
  • Population in 1976: 2,748
  • Population in 1971: 2,558
  • Population in 1966: 2,399
  • Population in 1961: 2,237
  • Population in 1956: 2,068
  • Population in 1951: 1,787
  • Population in 1941: 1,450
  • Population in 1931: 1,205
  • Population in 1921: 1,129
  • Population in 1911: 1,109
  • Population in 1901: 1,094
  • Population in 1891: 1,001
  • Population in 1881: 854
  • Population in 1871: 657

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,780 (total dwellings: 1,842)

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98674". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Agapit, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Raymond [Population centre], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
  5. ↑ "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1941, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census


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