Sainte-Sophie, Quebec
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Sainte-Sophie | ||
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Municipality | ||
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![]() Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM. |
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Location in central Quebec. | ||
Coordinates: 45°49′N 73°54′W / 45.817°N 73.900°WCoordinates: 45°49′N 73°54′W / 45.817°N 73.900°W[1] | ||
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Region | Laurentides | |
RCM | La Rivière-du-Nord | |
Constituted | May 3, 2000 | |
Government[2] | ||
• Mayor | Louise Gallant | |
• Federal riding | Rivière-du-Nord | |
• Prov. riding | Rousseau | |
Area[2][3] | ||
• Total | 111.50 km2 (43.05 sq mi) | |
• Land | 111.28 km2 (42.97 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[3] | ||
• Total | 13,375 | |
• Density | 120.2/km2 (311/sq mi) | |
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Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
Postal code(s) | J5J | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | |
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Website | www |
Sainte-Sophie is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality.
History[edit]
The new Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was created on May 2, 2000, when the old Municipality of Sainte-Sophie was merged with the Village Municipality of New Glasgow.
Demographics[edit]
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 13375 (2006 to 2011 population change: 29.2%)
- Population in 2006: 10,355 (2001 to 2006 population change: 15.5%)
- Population in 2001: 8966
- Population in 1996: 8691
- Sainte-Sophie: 8534
- New Glasgow: 157
- Population in 1991:
- Sainte-Sophie: 7377
- New Glasgow: 167
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 5,162 (total dwellings: 5,437)
References[edit]
- ^ Reference number 56411 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ^ a b Geographic code 75028 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ^ a b "(Code 2475028) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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