Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne | |
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| Motto: Crois dans la joie | |
 Location within Portneuf RCM | |
  Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°58′W / 46.817°N 71.967°W[2] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Portneuf |
| Settled | c. 1893 |
| Constituted | April 10, 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raymond Francœur |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
| • Total | 149.50 km2 (57.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 143.60 km2 (55.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 617 |
| • Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  12% |
| • Dwellings | 485 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-354 |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne (Municipality), formerly Sainte-Catherine (Parish Municipality), is located along the banks of the Sainte-Anne River, in the Capitale-Nationale region, Portneuf RCM, Quebec, Canada.[2]
The municipality has 601 inhabitants (2019), on a territory of just over 145 km2, divided between logging and agricultural land development.[5] Demonym: Auvergnat, ate (French).
- ^ "Church of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne". Ministry of Culture and Communications Quebec (in French). Directory of Quebec cultural heritage. 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
Church built in 1893 and 1894, by Samuel Gignac, craftsman (carpenter, mason, joiner, etc.)
- ^ a b "Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 24 April 1992. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
Administratively, the municipality of the parish of Sainte-Christine, created in 1896, occupies a territory of 145 km², about twenty kilometers west of Saint-Raymond, between Saint-Alban and Saint-Léonard-de -Portneuf
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne
- ^ a b Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Odonymy Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne" (PDF) (in French). March 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
.. Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne is recognized for its immense forests. The first settlers settled there and built, in 1894, the church which will become the only one in the regional territory to be built entirely of wood.