Saint-Prime | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Motto: | Je cultive, Dieu fait croître ("I cultivate, God makes it grow") |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1862 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | June 29, 1968 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Bernard Généreux |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 160.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 147.16 |
Population Total: | 2758 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 18.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2006–11) |
Population Blank1: | 3.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1216 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Saint-Prime is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located within the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy. The municipality had a population of 2,758 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and a land area of 147.16 km2.
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,094 (total dwellings: 1,216)
Mother tongue:[4]
Saint-Prime has a humid continental climate[5] that is some way above the subarctic classification due to its warm summers. Winters, however, are very cold and the seasonal differences are severe, although not extreme by Canadian or Quebec standards. Precipitation levels are high, bringing much snowfall in winter, but are by no means extreme compared to adjacent areas.