Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 890.
Saint-Donat | |
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Parish municipality | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within La Mitis RCM | |
  Saint-Donat Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.5°N 68.27°W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | March 10, 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Côté |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 95.30 km2 (36.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.03 km2 (36.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 890 |
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 461 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0K 1L0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
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| Website | www |
History
The parish was formed around a church c. 1700 and established in 1869 as part of the Mont-Joli municipal agglomeration. Saint-Donat then separated from Mont-Joli in 1976 along with Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and Sainte-Luce.
References
- Reference number 55936 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 09030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2409030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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