Sainte-Justine, Quebec

Sainte-Justine
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Sainte-Justine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°WCoordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	January 1, 1870
Government[2]
• Mayor	Denis Beaulieu
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
• Total	126.40 km^2 (48.80 sq mi)
• Land	126.10 km^2 (48.69 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	1,845
• Density	14.6/km^2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.1%
• Dwellings	834
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1Y0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 204
Website	www.stejustine.net

Sainte-Justine is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.

It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.

The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.

People linked to Sainte-Justine

• Roch Carrier, author
• Alex Tanguay, National Hockey League player
• Julie Labonté
• Étienne Lecours
• Chadou

References

1. Reference number 279887 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 28045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2428045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

External links

• Media related to Sainte-Justine, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire