Saint-Agapit
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.
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Saint-Agapit | |
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Motto(s): Ad meliora semper (Always for the better) | |
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | April 14, 1979 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Gingras |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 65.40 km2 (25.25 sq mi) |
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Population | |
• Total | 4,526 |
• Density | 69.2/km2 (179/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 5.7% |
• Dwellings | 1,967 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-116 R-273 |
Website | www |
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Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]