Sainte-Hénédine
Sainte-Hénédine | |
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Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM | |
Sainte-Hénédine Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°33′N 70°59′W / 46.550°N 70.983°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Named after | Henedina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvon Asselin |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 51.20 km2 (19.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 51.53 km2 (19.90 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,440 |
| • Density | 27.9/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 13.3% |
| • Dwellings | 564 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-275 |
| Website | ste-henedine |
Sainte-Hénédine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t enedin]) is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,440 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two seigneuries from which the territory of Sainte-Hénédine was detached.