Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census.[3]
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown | |
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 Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
  Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°56′N 71°30′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Constituted | September 30, 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steven Laprise |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 61.60 km2 (23.78 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.32 km2 (22.90 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 189 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  10.5% |
| • Dwellings | 133 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-263 |
| Website | www |
It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of 186 living in 90 of its 134 total private dwellings, a change of -1.1% from its 2016 population of 188. With a land area of 58.71 km2 (22.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.2/km2 (8.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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