Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec Explained

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.

History

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

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