Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec

Sainte-Aurélie is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 910 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.

Sainte-Aurélie
Municipality
Dam over Abenaquis Lake.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Aurélie
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedApril 3, 1909
Government
  MayorGilles Gaudet
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
  Total79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi)
  Land77.81 km2 (30.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Total910
  Density11.7/km2 (30/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
5.7%
  Dwellings
534
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1M0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 275
Route 277
Websitewww.ste-aurelie.qc.ca

Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.

Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1906.

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