Sainte-Marguerite, Québec
Sainte-Marguerite | |
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Church and municipal building. | |
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′N 70°56′W / 46.517°N 70.933°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Perreault |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.10 km2 (32.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.05 km2 (32.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,175 |
| • Density | 14.1/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 9.0% |
| • Dwellings | 531 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-216 R-275 |
| Website | www |
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Sainte-Marguerite (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡərit] ⓘ) is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,175 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Marguerite Marcoux, who gave part of the land she owned in 1830 for the construction of a church.