Saint-Barnabé, also known as Saint-Barnabé-Nord, is a
parish municipality
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in the
Mauricie
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region
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of the
province
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of
Quebec
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in
Canada
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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Saint-Barnabé had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Government
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Barnabé has had fifty mayors.
[Sources: Denis Gélinas, Secrétaire-trésorier; Centenaire de l’église de Saint-Barnabé-Nord 1859-1959
]
Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Barnabé are on a non-partisan basis.
References
Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Mauricie
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