Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax | |
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 Location within L'Érable RCM. | |
  Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′N 71°43′W / 46.150°N 71.717°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | L'Érable |
| Constituted | December 17, 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marc Nadeau |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Arthabaska |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.30 km2 (35.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 92.13 km2 (35.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 595 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  2.8% |
| • Dwellings | 258 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-165 |
| Website | www.saintesophie dhalifax.com |
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax was constituted by the December 17, 1997 amalgamation of the municipality of Sainte-Sophie and the township municipality of Halifax-Nord.
According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, the municipality got its name from the work of a Parish priest named Abbot Charles Trudell, in honor of Saint Sophia. Originally, Sainte-Sophie was its own entity, which split from Halifax du Nord in 1937. Halifax du Nord & Sainte-Sophie reunited in 1997, thus reforming Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax.[4]
Geography
editSainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is about 10km southeast of Plessisville, Quebec . It is accessible via Quebec Route 165.
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 337779". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 32023". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Hagia Sophia of Halifax". Quebec.ca. Quebecois Toponymy Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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