Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset, Quebec

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Parish municipality

Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°52′N 70°51′W / 45.867°N 70.850°W / 45.867; -70.850Coordinates: 45°52′N 70°51′W / 45.867°N 70.850°W / 45.867; -70.850[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted April 12, 1916
Government[2]
  Mayor Jérôme Lacroix
  Federal riding Beauce
  Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
  Total 189.40 km2 (73.13 sq mi)
  Land 186.42 km2 (71.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
  Total 99
  Density 0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.8%
  Dwellings 46
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1G0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.

Demographics

In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset had a population of 50 living in 23 of its 29 total dwellings, a -51.9% change from its 2006 population of 104.[5] Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 99 living in 40 of its 46 total dwellings, a -4.8% change from 2006.[4] With a land area of 186.42 km2 (71.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5311/km2 (1.375/sq mi) in 2011.[4][5]

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