Saint-Basile is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Saint-Basile | |
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| Motto: Crois en l'avenir ("Believe in the Future") | |
 Location within Portneuf RCM | |
  Saint-Basile Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°49′W / 46.750°N 71.817°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Portneuf |
| Constituted | March 1, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guillaume Vézina |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 98.20 km2 (37.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,463 |
| • Density | 25.1/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  3.8% |
| • Dwellings | 1,179 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-365 |
| Website | saintbasile |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Basile had a population of 2,709 living in 1,262 of its 1,327 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 2,621. With a land area of 98.84 km2 (38.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 27.4/km2 (71.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 2463 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
- Population in 2006: 2560
- Population in 2001: 2575
- Population in 1996:
- Saint-Basile (parish): 840
- Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1684
- Population in 1991:
- Saint-Basile (parish): 823
- Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1733
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 2.4%
- French as first language: 95.4%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 1.8%
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 358423". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Basile
- ^ a b Statistics Canada (March 10, 2009). "2011 Community profiles - Saint-Basile". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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Media related to Saint-Basile, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons- Territoire de St-Basile - MRC de Portneuf
