Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | |
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Location within Les Maskoutains RCM. | |
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°44′W / 45.733°N 72.733°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Les Maskoutains |
| Constituted | July 9, 1977 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Petit |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
| • Prov. riding | Johnson |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.40 km2 (27.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 73.42 km2 (28.35 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 1,637 |
| • Density | 22.3/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 13.2% |
| • Dwellings | 701 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www.sainte helenedebagot.com |
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t elɛn də baɡɔt]) is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,637.
History
This municipality was born from the merger, in 1977, of the parish municipality of Sainte-Hélène, founded in 1855, and the village municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, founded in 1925.[5]
Geography
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot is located between Saint-Hyacinthe and Drummondville and is crossed by the Highway 20 - Jean-Lesage, the village on one side and the land on the other.
Its location allowed, in the 1970s, with the construction of a highway between Montreal and Quebec, to become a stopover village.[6] Several restaurants and service stations are present in this locality of 1500 inhabitants. According to the Ministry of Transport of Quebec, more than 1000 trucks a day stop in this small village.
The municipality was once part of County of Bagot. It is now part of the provincial riding of Johnson.[7]
Demographics
Population
| 2021 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 1,696 (+0.5% from 2016) | 1,637 (+13.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 72.41 km2 (27.96 sq mi) | 73.42 km2 (28.35 sq mi) |
| Population density | 23.4/km2 (61/sq mi) | 22.3/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Median age | 39.2 (M: 38.8, F: 39.6) | 36.0 (M: 36.6, F: 34.7) |
| Private dwellings | 715 (total) | 701 (total) |
| Median household income | $55,586 |
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Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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1,630
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1,600 | 15.5% | 98.16% | 10 | n/a% | 0.61% | 5 | n/a% | 0.31% | 15 | 72.7% | 0.92% | |||||
2006
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1,440
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1,385 | 6.1% | 96.18% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 55 | 83.3% | 3.82% | |||||
2001
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1,505
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1,475 | 0.3% | 98.01% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 30 | n/a% | 1.99% | |||||
1996
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1,470
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1,470 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 76207". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-HYACINTHE--BAGOT (Quebec)
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ Toponymy: Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
- ^ ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=291247 Rest area
- ^ "Individual maps of the 125 electoral districts 2017". Élections Québec (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census