Saint-Robert | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 45.9667°N -73°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Pierre-De Saurel |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | October 17, 1857 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gilles Salvas |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Richelieu |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 64.60 |
Area Land Km2: | 64.85 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 1794 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 27.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
Population Blank1: | 4.7% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 768 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0G 1S0 |
Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Saint-Robert (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ/) is a municipality southeast of Sorel-Tracy in the Regional county municipality of Pierre-De Saurel, in Montérégie, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,794. About 20 meteorites from the St-Robert meteorite shower were found here.
Population trend:[4]
Census | Population | Change (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | 1,794 | 4.7% | |
2006 | 1,713 | 4.5% | |
2001 | 1,793 | 5.9% | |
1996 | 1,905 | 3.1% | |
1991 | 1,848 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006)[5]
Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
French only | 1,645 | 96.20% | |
English only | 15 | 0.88% | |
Both English & French | 10 | 0.58% | |
Other languages | 40 | 2.34% |