Sainte-Justine | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
Coordinates: | 46.4°N -91°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: | January 1, 1870 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Denis Beaulieu |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Bellechasse |
Area Total Km2: | 126.40 |
Area Land Km2: | 126.10 |
Population Total: | 1845 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 14.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
Population Blank1: | 1.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 834 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0R 1Y0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Sainte-Justine (pronounced as /fr/) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.
It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.
The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.[1]