Esprit-Saint
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Esprit-Saint (French pronunciation: [ɛspʁi sɛ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 340.
Esprit-Saint | |
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 Location within Rimouski-Neigette RCM | |
  Esprit-Saint Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.0667°N 68.5667°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rimouski-Neigette |
| Constituted | May 13, 1972 |
| Named for | The Holy Spirit the third person of the Trinity |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ginette Bilodeau |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Rimouski |
| Area | |
• Total | 169.40 km2 (65.41 sq mi) |
| • Land | 168.96 km2 (65.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 340 |
| • Density | 2/km2 (5.2/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 198 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-232 |
| Website | www |
The name Esprit-Saint is in honor of the Holy Spirit who is the third person in the Trinity.
History
Esprit-Saint was founded in 1972.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Esprit-Saint had a population of 340 living in 173 of its 198 total private dwellings, a change of −0.3% from its 2016 population of 341. With a land area of 168.96 km2 (65.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
