Saint-Agapit

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Saint-Agapit

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|settlement_type = Municipality

|image_skyline = Vue aérienne Saint-Agapit (1).jpg

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|image_caption = Aerial view of Saint-Agapit

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|image_shield = Coat of arms of Saint-Agapit.svg

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|motto = Ad meliora semper
(Always for the better)

|image_map = Saint-Agapit Quebec location diagram.png

|map_caption = Location within Lotbinière RCM.

|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec.

|coordinates = {{coord|46|34|N|71|26|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches

|subdivision_type3 = RCM

|subdivision_name3 = Lotbinière

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|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = April 14, 1979

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|named_for = Pope Agapetus I

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Yves Gingras

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Lévis—Lotbinière

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Lotbinière-Frontenac

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|area_total_km2 = 64.00

|area_land_km2 = 65.40

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|area_note = There is an apparent
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|population_total = 4526

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_density_km2 = 69.2

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|population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 5.7%

|population_blank2_title= Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 1967

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|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −4

|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

|postal_code = G0S 1Z0

|area_code = 418 and 581

|blank_name = Highways

|blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|116}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|273}}

|website = {{URL|www.st-agapit.qc.ca}}

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Saint-Agapit ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t‿aɡapi}}) is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.

It is the hometown of retired National Hockey League forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after he won it while playing for Chicago.[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/731090/antoine-vermette-coupe-stanley-st-agapit-lotbiniere "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit"], Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French). Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts/cinema/201104/08/01-4388075-richard-roy-le-plaisir-de-liberte.php "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté"], Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

  • Population in 2021: 4,526 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.7%)
  • Population in 2016: 4,280 (2011 to 2016 population change: 20.0%)
  • Population in 2011: 3,567 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 2,965
  • Population in 2001: 2,906
  • Population in 1996: 2,913
  • Population in 1991: 2,980
  • Population in 1986: 2,943
  • Population in 1981: 2,954

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,914 (total dwellings: 1,967)

References

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{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DAgapit&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433045&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0|title = Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Agapit, Quebec|date = 15 November 2023}}

{{mamrot |type=municipalite |33045}}

{{toponymie |98674}}

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090415073751/http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/topos/topos.html Commission de toponymie du Québec]
  • [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire]


{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| Northwest =

| North = Saint-Apollinaire

| Northeast =

| West = Saint-Flavien

| Centre = Saint-Agapit

| East =

| Southwest = Dosquet

| South =

| Southeast = Saint-Gilles

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{{Lotbinière RCM}}

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Category:Municipalities in Quebec

Category:Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches

Category:Lotbinière Regional County Municipality