Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec

Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 983.

Not to be confused with a different Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches.
Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Sainte-Perpétue
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
RCMNicolet-Yamaska
ConstitutedMarch 9, 1878
Government
 • MayorLine Théroux
 • Federal ridingBas-Richelieu—
Nicolet—Bécancour
 • Prov. ridingNicolet-Bécancour
Area
 • Total71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
 • Land71.46 km2 (27.59 sq mi)
Population
 • Total983
 • Density13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 2.5%
 • Dwellings
376
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0C 1R0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 259

Demographics

Attractions

A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.

See also

References
  1. Reference number 56362 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec)
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
  4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec), Quebec
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec), Quebec



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