Saint-René, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°01′N 70°37′W / 46.017°N 70.617°W / 46.017; -70.617^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBeauce-SartiganConstitutedJanuary 1, 1945Named forRené Goupil^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorJean-Guy Deblois • Federal ridingBeauce • Prov. ridingBeauce-SudArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total61.40 km² (23.71 sq mi) • Land61.54 km² (23.76 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2021)^[3]

• Total946 • Density15.4/km² (40/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

27% • Dwellings

373Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0M 1Z0

Area code(s)418 and 581HighwaysNo major routesWebsitewww.st-rene.ca

Saint-René is a parish in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 946 as of 2021. It is named after Canadian martyr René Goupil.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-René had a population of 946 living in 351 of its 373 total private dwellings, a change of 27% from its 2016 population of 745. With a land area of 61.54 km² (23.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.4/km² (39.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fiche descriptive".
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29050". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-René, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.