Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset | |
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 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′N 70°51′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | April 12, 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Breton |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 189.40 km2 (73.13 sq mi) |
| • Land | 186.77 km2 (72.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 96 |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.1% |
| • Dwellings | 56 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.
History
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset was officially created on March 28, 1946. Thirty years after the creation of the religious parish.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset had a population of 96 living in 44 of its 56 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 95. With a land area of 186.77 km2 (72.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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