Sainte-Justine, Quebec

Sainte-Justine 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.

Sainte-Justine
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Sainte-Justine
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1870
Government
 • MayorDenis Beaulieu
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total126.40 km2 (48.80 sq mi)
 • Land126.10 km2 (48.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,845
 • Density14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 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 Route 204
Websitewww.stejustine.net

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. Reference number 279887 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 28045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2428045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  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.

See also
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