Saint-Antonin, Quebec

Saint-Antonin is a municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.

Saint-Antonin
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Saint-Antonin
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMRivière-du-Loup
ConstitutedAugust 30, 1856
Government
  MayorRéal Thibault
  Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
  Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area
  Total175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
  Land175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
  Total4,027
  Density22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
6.5%
  Dwellings
1,650
Postal code(s)
G0L 2J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-85 (TCH)

Route 185 (TCH)
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]

Notable personalities from Saint-Antonin include: Karine Paradis and Joseph-Enoïl Michaud (Lawyer and politician)

References

Saint Antonin Church
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