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Sainte-Hénédine
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sainte-Hénédine 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.
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Sainte-Hénédine | |
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![]() Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM | |
Coordinates: 46°33′N 70°59′W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
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)[3] | |
• Total | 1,440 |
• Density | 27.9/km2 (72/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 564 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | ste-henedine![]() |
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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.