Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus (French pronunciation: [sakʁe kœʁ də ʒezy]) is a parish municipality located in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 536 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus | |
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Town of East Broughton is an enclave inside Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, surrounded only by the latter. | |
 Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
  Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′N 71°05′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Settled | 1820 |
| Constituted | December 5, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guy Roy |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| • Land | 104.73 km2 (40.44 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 536 |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  2.9% |
| • Dwellings | 277 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-112  R-271 |
| Website | www |
The municipality of East Broughton forms an enclave in the territory of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus.
History
English settlers arrived in 1820. In 1871, the Parish of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus was founded. In 1881, the Quebec Central Railway was completed, resulting in increased development of the area.[1]
Although a municipal organization was set up in 1889 and its first mayor elected in 1890, it wasn't until 1902 that the Parish Municipality of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus was officially approved.[1]
Over time, several other municipalities split off from Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus: East Broughton in 1908, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce in 1938, and East Broughton Station in 1954.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus had a population of 536 living in 223 of its 277 total private dwellings, a change of 2.9% from its 2016 population of 521. With a land area of 104.73 km2 (40.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.3/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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