Official Name: | Sainte-Marie-de-Kent |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kent County |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick |
Established Title2: | Unincorporated |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | −4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −3 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 23 |
Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
Postal Code: | E4S |
Area Code: | 506 |
Blank1 Name: | Highway |
Blank1 Info: | Route 515 |
Blank2 Name: | Waterway |
Blank2 Info: | Bouctouche River |
Sainte-Marie-de-Kent (most often referred to as Sainte-Marie) is an unincorporated Canadian village located at the intersection of Route 515 and Route 525 in Kent County, New Brunswick. It is in the parish of Saint Mary.
The village is located 45 km north of Moncton and its residents are largely Acadians, most of whom speak French in its local variant Chiac.
Sainte-Marie-de-Kent is the site of the Kent County Agricultural Fair, one of New Brunswick's oldest and largest agricultural fairs, a five-day event which has been held annually since 1956, during the final full week of August.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick.
See main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick.