Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Not to be confused with Sainte-Sabine, Montérégie, Quebec.

Sainte-Sabine
Parish municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Sabine Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 70°21′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	August 26, 1908
Government [2]
• Mayor	Luce Bisson
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Total	68.00 km^2 (26.25 sq mi)
• Land	66.60 km^2 (25.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	386
• Density	5.8/km^2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.4%
• Dwellings	235
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 4H0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.ste-sabine.qc.ca

Sainte-Sabine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sabin]) is a parish municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 386 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

It is named after the Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine, where cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin often went during his theology studies in Rome.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Sabine had a population of 343 living in 195 of its 237 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 358. With a land area of 66.89 km² (25.83 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km² (13.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56401". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28065". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec (Code 2428065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire