Sainte-Perpétue,_Centre-du-Québec,_Quebec
Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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 2021 Census was 916.
Sainte-Perpétue | |
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Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
| Constituted | March 9, 1878 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guy Dupuis |
| • Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 916 |
| • Density | 12.8/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  4.5% |
| • Dwellings | 407 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-259 |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of 916 living in 384 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 959. With a land area of 71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km2 (33.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
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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.
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56362". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.