Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Sainte-Sabine is a parish municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 386 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Sainte-Sabine
Parish municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Sabine
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 70°21′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedAugust 26, 1908
Government
  MayorDenis Boutin
  Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
  Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
  Total68.00 km2 (26.25 sq mi)
  Land66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Total386
  Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
5.4%
  Dwellings
235
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 4H0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.ste-sabine.qc.ca

It is named after the Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine, where cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin often went during his theology studies in Rome.

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