Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
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| settlement_type = Parish municipality
| image_skyline = Résidences sur L'Isle-aux-Grues.jpg
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| image_map = Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within La Matapédia RCM.
| pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in province of Quebec.
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
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| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = Montmagny
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| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 1, 1860
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Frédéric Poulin
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Montmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-
du-Loup
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Côte-du-Sud
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| area_total_km2 = 24.10
| area_land_km2 = 23.97
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| population_total = 122
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 5.1
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| population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 15.3%
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 102
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| timezone = EST
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| postal_code = G0R 1P0
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| area_code = 418 and 581
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = No major routes
| website = {{URL|www.isle-aux-grues.com}}
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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃twan də lil o ɡʁy}}) is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of {{val|122|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|72|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|102|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:122-144}}|144|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|144|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|23.97|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|122|23.97|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}
Transportation
L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.
Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.{{cite news
|title = Small plane crashes into Quebec island, 3 dead
|first = Marianne
|last = White
|url = https://montrealgazette.com/news/Small+plane+crashes+into+Quebec+island+dead/3048536/story.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100523090410/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Small+plane+crashes+into+Quebec+island+dead/3048536/story.html
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = May 23, 2010
|agency = Canwest News Service
|newspaper = The Gazette
|location = Montreal
|date = May 19, 2010
|accessdate = May 19, 2010
}}
2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.isle-aux-grues.com/ Tourism website]
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
| North = Sault-au-Cochon
Saint Lawrence River
| Northeast = Saint Lawrence River / Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
| East = Saint Lawrence River / Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
| Southeast = Saint Lawrence River / L'Islet
| South = Saint Lawrence River
Montmagny / Cap-Saint-Ignace
| Southwest = Berthier-sur-Mer / Saint Lawrence River
| West = Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans / Saint Lawrence River
| Northwest =
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{{Montmagny RCM|state=expanded}}
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