Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière

Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière
Parish municipality
Location within Rimouski-Neigette RCM
Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.25°N 68.8°W / 48.25; -68.8[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Rimouski-Neigette
Constituted	January 1, 1962
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Viel
• Federal riding	Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
• Prov. riding	Rimouski
Area [2][3]
• Total	354.30 km^2 (136.80 sq mi)
• Land	331.36 km^2 (127.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	413
• Density	1.2/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	9.3%
• Dwellings	190
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.municipalite.saint-eugene-de-ladriere.qc.ca

Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿øʒɛn də ladʁijɛʁ]) is a parish municipality in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

On July 6, 2002, unorganized territory Grand-Lac-Touradi was annexed by Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière.^[4]

History

The area has been inhabited since 1860. At the time, the territory was part of Saint-Fabien.^[1]

In 1930, the mission of Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière was established. The parish registers were opened on 30 January 1938. The first resident minister was Laurent Lavoie from 1942 to 1951.

The first parish priest was Oscar Thibeault from 1959 to 1968. The parish was canonically erected on 17 April 1962 and civilly erected the following 6 September. The municipality of Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière was therefore created the same year by splitting from Saint-Fabien.

Geography

Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière is located 35km southwest of Rimouski and 40km from Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière had a population of 413 living in 183 of its 190 total private dwellings, a change of 9.3% from its 2016 population of 378. With a land area of 331.36 km² (127.94 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.2/km² (3.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56472". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 10075". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
4. "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Institut de la Statistiques du Québec. July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2006. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière at Wikimedia Commons