Saint-Antonin, Quebec
Saint-Antonin | |
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Saint-Antonin seen from 3e Rang | |
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Constituted | August 30, 1856 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Nadeau |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
• Total | 175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 175.93 km2 (67.93 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 4,338 |
| • Density | 24.7/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 7.1% |
| • Dwellings | 1,990 |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways A-85 (TCH) | R-185 (TCH) |
| Website | www |
Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.