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Saint-Ubalde (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ybald]) is a rural municipality in Portneuf County in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Saint-Ubalde | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Portneuf RCM | |
  Saint-Ubalde Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′N 72°16′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Portneuf |
| Settled | 1860 |
| Constituted | March 3, 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre Saint-Germain |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 146.40 km2 (56.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 140.21 km2 (54.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,403 |
| • Density | 10.0/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  3.8% |
| • Dwellings | 1,015 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-363 |
| Website | saintubalde |
Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east.
Numerous watercourses and lakes (Blanc, Sainte-Anne, Ricard, Thom) crisscross and dot is entire territory.
The inhabited section is located in the southeast. Saint-Ubalde is centred on potato cultivation and outdoor recreation (canoeing, water skiing, fishing).[1]'.[4]
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Saint-Ubald (originally without an "e") was founded by people from Neuville in 1860, and the Saint-Ubald Mission was established that same year. It was named after Ubald Gingras (1824-1874), first sacristan of the place but originally from Pointe-aux-Trembles (Portneuf), and who was brother-in-law of Charles-François Baillargeon, archbishop of Quebec. The mission became a parish in 1866 by separating from Saint-Casimir. In 1873, the civil parish was formed and incorporated as a parish municipality. A year later, its post office opened.[1]
In 1920, the village centre separated from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Ubalde. But in 1973, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Ubalde.[1]
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Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 1403 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.8%)
- Population in 2006: 1458
- Population in 2001: 1460
- Population in 1996: 1540
- Population in 1991: 1552
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 646 (total dwellings: 1015)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 99.3%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.7%
- St Paul-Street
St-Paul & Commercial Street sign
Heart of the municipality
Typical street of rural village
- Some watercourses in St-Ubalde
Rivière Blanche (Saint-Casimir)[broken anchor] bridge sign P-17644,[6] reinforced concrete gantry structure, rang Saint-Georges
Rivière Blanche (Saint-Casimir) from P-17644, rang Saint-Georges
Rivière Blanche (Saint-Casimir) from P-17644, rang Saint-Georges
Rivière Charest, from Steel and Wood Bridge P-18620,[6] Bureau Road
Rivière Charest, from Steel and Wood Bridge P-18620, Bureau Road
Weller River (Stream), steel and wood bridge P-19613,[6] rang Saint-Joseph
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