Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t bʁiʒit de so]) is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of southwestern Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 737.
Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults | |
|---|---|
Église Ste.-Brigitte-des-Saults | |
 Location within Drummond RCM. | |
  Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′N 72°29′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Drummond |
| Constituted | March 9, 1878 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Guy Hébert |
| • Federal riding | Drummond |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
• Total | 72.00 km2 (27.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 71.87 km2 (27.75 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 737 |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 304 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www.sainte brigittedessaults.ca |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults had a population of 737 living in 305 of its 321 total private dwellings, a change of 1.9% from its 2016 population of 723. With a land area of 70.79 km2 (27.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.4/km2 (27.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 737 | 0.3% |
| 2006 | 739 |  2.1% |
| 2001 | 724 | 1.6% |
| 1996 | 736 | 3.8% |
| 1991 | 765 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006)[7]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 700 | 95.24% |
| English only | 15 | 2.04% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other languages | 20 | 2.72% |