Sainte-Hénédine, Quebec

Sainte-Hénédine is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,212 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Sainte-Hénédine
Parish municipality
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM
Sainte-Hénédine
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°33′N 70°59′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLa Nouvelle-Beauce
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
 • MayorYvon Asselin
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
 • Total51.20 km2 (19.77 sq mi)
 • Land51.54 km2 (19.90 sq mi)
 There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,271
 • Density24.7/km2 (64/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 4.9%
 • Dwellings
483
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2R0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 275
Websiteste-henedine.com

It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two seigneuries from which the territory of Sainte-Hénédine was detached.

History

The parish was first settled in 1852 and became a parish town in 1855.[4]

Demographics
Historical census populations
YearPop.±%
1986 1,226—    
1991 1,225−0.1%
1996 1,175−4.1%
2001 1,168−0.6%
2006 1,073−8.1%
2011 1,212+13.0%
2016 1,271+4.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

Economy

Most of the residents in Sainte-Hénédine are farmers and mostly focused on dairy farming. A few homes line the main street of the town.

Government

The parish town council consists of 5 councilors and a mayor.[5] As of 2013 the current town council consists of:

  • Michel Duval - Maire
  • Réjean Deblois - Conseiller
  • Clermont Maranda - Conseiller
  • Pierre Nadeau - Conseiller
  • Mélissa Leblond - Conseillère
  • Jean-François Nadeau - Conseiller
  • Marilyn Roy - Conseillère

The mayor is also a member of the regional county council for la Nouvelle-Beauce.

Services provided by the parish includes:

  • Recycling and Waste
  • Fire Services - single fire station

Buildings

The smallest buildings in the parish are residential homes and are two stories tall. Large structures are usually barns and silos on dairy farms. The largest and tallest building in town is the Sainte-Hénédine Church (Église Sainte-Hénédine). This is second church built (first in the 1800s), it was blessed in 1912 and consecrated in 1992.[6]

Transportation

Roads

There are a few key roads within the parish:

  • rue Principale (Route Sainte-Therese or Rue Desjardin)
  • Highway 275 - rue Langevin

The parish is short distance from Quebec Autoroute 73, which travels north toe Quebec City.

Air

There are no airports in parish, the closest are Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and Québec/Lac Saint-Augustin Water Airport.

Education

The parish has a single elementary school, École la Découverte, with the Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Echemin.[7] For secondary education students are sent to Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon in Sainte-Marie.

Bibliothèque de Quebec has branch in Sainte-Hénédine, Bibliothèque La Détente, providing public library access to parish residents.

References
  1. Reference number 56212 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 26040 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2426040) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  4. http://ste-henedine.com/site.asp?page=element&nIDElement=3878
  5. http://ste-henedine.com/site.asp?page=element&nIDElement=3827
  6. http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/quebec/shenedine.html
  7. http://ladecouverte.csbe.qc.ca/

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