Saint-Ludger
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. The population is 1,074 as of 2021.
Saint-Ludger | |
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 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Saint-Ludger Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | February 25, 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Poulin |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 128.70 km2 (49.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 127.58 km2 (49.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,074 |
| • Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 507 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-204 |
| Website | www |
The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the village of Saint-Ludger, the municipality of Risborough and the township of Gayhurst-Partie-Sud-Est. The first settlers arrived in the area before 1863. It is named in honour of Ludger of Utrecht, the first bishop of Münster in the 9th century.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Ludger had a population of 1,074 living in 449 of its 507 total private dwellings, a change of 0.3% from its 2016 population of 1,071. With a land area of 127.58 km2 (49.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.8/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
