La Trinité-des-Monts

Coordinates: 48°08′N 68°28′W / 48.13°N 68.47°W / 48.13; -68.47
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La Trinité-des-Monts
Location within Rimouski-Neigette RCM
Location within Rimouski-Neigette RCM
La Trinité-des-Monts is located in Eastern Quebec
La Trinité-des-Monts
La Trinité-des-Monts
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°08′N 68°28′W / 48.13°N 68.47°W / 48.13; -68.47[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMRimouski-Neigette
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1965
Named forThe Christian Trinity and the nearby mountains[1]
Government
 • MayorFernand Garon
 • Federal ridingRimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
 • Prov. ridingRimouski
Area
 • Total239.20 km2 (92.36 sq mi)
 • Land234.23 km2 (90.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total223
 • Density1/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Decrease 12.9%
 • Dwellings
173
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-232
Websitewww.trinite-des-monts.ca

La Trinité-des-Monts is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality.

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Trinité-des-Monts had a population of 233 living in 128 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of 4.5% from its 2016 population of 223. With a land area of 233.07 km2 (89.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Townships[edit]

La Roche is a township established on May 5, 1882. It has an overall area of 20,235 hectares and is named for Troilus de Mesqouez.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 177381". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 10010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

External links[edit]

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