Courcelles is a municipality in
Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the
Estrie
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region in
Quebec
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,
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. It is approximately south of
Quebec City
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.
Artist
Carmen Coulombe was born in Courcelles.
History
The Municipality of Courcelles was founded on April 6 1904. It was made from parts of the neighboring municipalities of
Lambton,
Saint-Sébastien and
Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census,
Statistics Canada reported that Courcelles had a population of 814 living in 391 of its 430 total dwellings, an -1.1% change from its 2016 population of 823.
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Estrie
Le Granit Regional County Municipality