Sainte-Aurélie
Sainte-Aurélie | |
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Dam over Abenaquis Lake. | |
Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
Sainte-Aurélie Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W / 46.183°N 70.367°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Etchemins |
| Constituted | April 3, 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | René Allen |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 78.25 km2 (30.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 856 |
| • Density | 10.9/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 507 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-275 R-277 |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Aurélie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t oʁeli]) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 856 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.
Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.