Saint-Agapit | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Motto: | Ad meliora semper (Always for the better) |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.5667°N -97°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Lotbinière |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | April 14, 1979 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Yves Gingras |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Lévis—Lotbinière |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area Total Km2: | 64.00 |
Area Land Km2: | 65.40 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 4526 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 69.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 5.7% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1967 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 1Z0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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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 4,526 as of 2021. 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.[1] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[2]
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,914 (total dwellings: 1,967)