Sainte-Aurélie | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.1833°N -92°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Les Etchemins |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | April 3, 1909 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gilles Gaudet |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauce |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Sud |
Area Total Km2: | 79.90 |
Area Land Km2: | 78.25 |
Population Total: | 856 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 10.9 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 1.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 507 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0M 1M0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Sainte-Aurélie (pronounced as /fr/) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 856 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.
Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.
Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1909. It was originally known as Metgermette-Nord and was created by separating from what would become Saint-Zacharie. It would be in 1932 that Metgermette-Nord would take its current name of Sainte-Aurélie