Sainte-Croix, Quebec
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix.
Sainte-Croix | |
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Aerial view of Sainte-Croix | |
Location within Lotbinière RCM | |
Sainte-Croix Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′N 71°44′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | October 5, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Gauthier |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.40 km2 (27.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 69.54 km2 (26.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,352 |
| • Density | 33.8/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 1.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,148 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-132 R-271 |
| Website | ville-sainte-croix |
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