Saint-Antonin () is a

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in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856. On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.

Demographics

Population trend: * Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%) * Population in 2016: 4,049 * Population in 2011: 4,027 * Population in 2006: 3,780 * Population in 2001: 3,395 * Population in 1996: 3,368 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.4% * French as first language: 99.5% * English and French as first language: 0.1% * Other as first language: 0.1%

Education

Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools: * École Lanouette The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools: * Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer

References

Répertoire des municipalités du QuébecCommission de toponymie du QuébecAffaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

External links

{{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia