Saint-René, Quebec

Not to be confused with Saint-René-de-Matane.

Saint-René (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁəne]) is a parish in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 946 as of 2021. It is named after Canadian martyr René Goupil.^[1]

Saint-René
Parish municipality
Classical old house of Beauce
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-René Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°01′N 70°37′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	January 1, 1945
Named after	René Goupil[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-Guy Deblois
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	61.40 km2 (23.71 sq mi)
• Land	61.54 km2 (23.76 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	946
• Density	15.4/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	27%
• Dwellings	373
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1Z0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-rene.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-René had a population of 946 living in 351 of its 373 total private dwellings, a change of 27% from its 2016 population of 745. With a land area of 61.54 km² (23.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.4/km² (39.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]