Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sɔfi də levʁaʁ]) is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard | |
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 Location within Bécancour RCM | |
  Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°26′N 72°07′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Bécancour |
| Constituted | April 23, 1875 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Guy Beaudet |
| • Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.10 km2 (31.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.99 km2 (32.43 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
• Total | 733 |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 404 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-218  R-226 |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard had a population of 704 living in 357 of its 415 total private dwellings, a change of −3.4% from its 2016 population of 729. With a land area of 84.05 km2 (32.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
