Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.15°N -114°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | L'Érable |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | December 17, 1997 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marc Nadeau |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Mégantic—L'Érable |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Arthabaska |
Area Total Km2: | 92.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 92.13 |
Population Total: | 595 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 6.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 2.8% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 258 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0P 1L0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax was constituted by the December 17, 1997 amalgamation of the municipality of Sainte-Sophie and the township municipality of Halifax-Nord.
According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, the municipality got its name from the work of a Parish priest named Abbot Charles Trudell, in honor of Saint Sophia. Originally, Sainte-Sophie was its own entity, which split from Halifax du Nord in 1937. Halifax du Nord & Sainte-Sophie reunited in 1997, thus reforming Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax.[1]
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is about 10km southeast of Plessisville, Quebec. It is accessible via Quebec Route 165.