Saint-Basile, Quebec

Saint-Basile is a municipality situated in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Saint-Basile
City
Motto(s): 
Crois en l'avenir ("Believe in the Future")
Location within Portneuf RCM
Saint-Basile
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°49′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMPortneuf
ConstitutedMarch 1, 2000
Government
 • MayorGuillaume Vézina
 • Federal ridingPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 • Prov. ridingPortneuf
Area
 • Total98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land98.20 km2 (37.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,463
 • Density25.1/km2 (65/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.8%
 • Dwellings
1,179
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0A 3G0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 365
Websitesaintbasile.qc.ca

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 2463 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
  • Population in 2006: 2560
  • Population in 2001: 2575
  • Population in 1996:
    • Saint-Basile (parish): 840
    • Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1684
  • Population in 1991:
    • Saint-Basile (parish): 823
    • Saint-Basile-Sud (village): 1733

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1118 (total dwellings: 1179)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 2.4%
  • French as first language: 95.4%
  • English and French as first language: 0.4%
  • Other as first language: 1.8%
Québec Ciment in Saint-Basile
gollark: Well, the components are probably mostly from out of Turkey anyway.
gollark: I can't see *that* going wrong!
gollark: At this point I'm pretty sure no one country can actually produce modern computing hardware alone.
gollark: I mean, most electronic devices are made with stupidly large world-spanning supply chains, really.
gollark: I suppose that does matter for imports, yes.

References
  1. Reference number 358423 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Basile
  3. Statistics Canada (March 10, 2009). "2011 Community profiles - Saint-Basile". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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