Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec

Sainte-Aurélie
Municipality
Dam over Abenaquis Lake.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Aurélie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	April 3, 1909
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gilles Gaudet
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	79.90 km^2 (30.85 sq mi)
• Land	78.25 km^2 (30.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	856
• Density	10.9/km^2 (28/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.2%
• Dwellings	507
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-275 R-277
Website	www.ste-aurelie.qc.ca

Sainte-Aurélie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t oʁeli]) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 856 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.

Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.

History

Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1909. It was originally known as Metgermette-Nord and was created by separating from what would become Saint-Zacharie. It would be in 1932 that Metgermette-Nord would take its current name of Sainte-Aurélie

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56059". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".

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