Saint-Agapit, Quebec

Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4 137 as of 2015. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.

Saint-Agapit
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Agapit Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	April 14, 1979
Government [2]
• Mayor	Yves Gingras
• Federal riding	Lévis—Lotbinière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	64.00 km^2 (24.71 sq mi)
• Land	65.48 km^2 (25.28 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	3,567
• Density	54.5/km^2 (141/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	20.3%
• Dwellings	1,519
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1Z0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 116 Route 273
Website	www.st-agapit.qc.ca

Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]

References

1. Reference number 98674 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 33045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2433045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
5. "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).

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