Saint-Tharcisius | |
Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Motto: | Foi, Fraternité, Travail |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 48.5464°N -67.3406°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1912 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | December 4, 1937 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jocelyn Jean |
Area Total Km2: | 78.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 78.84 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 411 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 2.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 199 |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Tharcisius is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.[2]
The village was named after Roman martyr Tarcisius who preferred to be killed rather than desecrate the Eucharist in the 3rd century.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Tharcisius had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 78.84km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Mother tongue (2021):
A French-language elementary school, École Saint-Tharcisius, is operated by the Centre de services scolaire des Monts-et-Marées.[5]