Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun Issoudun | |
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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun | |
Location within Lotbinière RCM | |
Issoudun Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°WCoordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | January 4, 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Annie Thériault |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 869 |
| • Density | 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 9.4% |
| • Dwellings | 338 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways A-20 | Route 271 |
| Website | www |
The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.
On August 11, 1957, Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun had a population of 867 living in 351 of its 370 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 861. With a land area of 60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.4/km2 (37.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Reference number 44890 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Geographic code 33085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec (Code 2433085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
External links
- Media related to Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire