Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown explained

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Settlement Type:Parish municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Les Appalaches
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:September 30, 1909
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Steven Laprise
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Mégantic—L'Érable
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area Total Km2:61.60
Area Land Km2:59.32
Population Total:189
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:3.2
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2006-2011
Population Blank1: 10.5%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:133
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0N 1E2
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 58.71km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.