Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
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|settlement_type = Parish municipality
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|image_map = Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults Quebec location diagram.PNG
|map_caption = Location within Drummond RCM.
|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec.
|coordinates = {{coord|46|02|N|72|29|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
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|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Centre-du-Québec
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = Drummond
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = March 9, 1878
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|government_footnotes = [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/49085/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults][http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=182 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: DRUMMOND (Quebec)]
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Jean-Guy Hébert
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Drummond
|leader_title2 = Prov. riding
|leader_name2 = Nicolet-Bécancour
|area_footnotes = [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2449085&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Quebec]
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|area_total_km2 = 72.00
|area_land_km2 = 71.87
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|population_total = 737
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_density_km2 = 10.3
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|population_blank1_title = Pop 2006-2011
|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.3%
|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2 = 304
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|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −4
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = J0C 1E0
|area_code = 819
|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info = No major routes
|website = {{URL|www.saintebrigittedessaults.ca|www.sainte
brigittedessaults.ca}}
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Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t bʁiʒit de so}}) is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of southwestern Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 737.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults had a population of {{val|737|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|305|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|321|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:737-723}}|723|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|723|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|70.79|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|737|70.79|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}}
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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! Population ! Change (%) |
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| 2011
| 737 | {{decrease}} 0.3% |
| 2006
| 739 | {{increase}} 2.1% |
| 2001
| 724 | {{decrease}} 1.6% |
| 1996
| 736 | {{decrease}} 3.8% |
| 1991
| 765 | N/A |
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| Language
! Population ! Pct (%) |
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| French only
| 700 | 95.24% |
| English only
| 15 | 2.04% |
| Both English and French
| 0 | 0.00% |
| Other languages
| 20 | 2.72% |
See also
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{{Geographic Location (8-way)
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Northwest =
| North = La Visitation-de-Yamaska
| Northeast =
| West = Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
| Centre = Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
| East = Sainte-Perpétue
| Southwest =Drummondville
| South = Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover
| Southeast =Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (parish)
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{{Drummond RCM|state=expanded}}
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