Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Notre-Dame-des-Pins is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°43′W / 46.183°N 70.717°W / 46.183; -70.717[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedJune 29, 1926
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Bégin
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total25.00 km2 (9.65 sq mi)
 • Land24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,812
 • Density75.2/km2 (195/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 13.7%
 • Dwellings
763
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1K0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-173
Websitewww.notredame
despins.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its covered bridge crossing the Chaudière River. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is 146 m long. It is the longest of its kind in Quebec and the second longest in Canada.

Toponymy

When the municipality was founded, in 1926, the original name was Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence. Since the name never really established itself in local usage, it was changed to Notre-Dame-des-Pins in 1978.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Pins had a population of 1,812 living in 745 of its 763 total private dwellings, a change of 13.7% from its 2016 population of 1,594. With a land area of 24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km2 (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 92439". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29120". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fiche descriptive".
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.



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