Saint-Urbain is a
parish municipality
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located in the
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in
Capitale-Nationale
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region, in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
The municipality lies along
Quebec Route 381 at the intersection with
Quebec Route 138
Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The western terminus is in ...
.
History
Saint-Urbain was one of the localities affected by the
1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake
The 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake struck northeastern North America on February 28, reaching 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale. It was one of the most powerful measured in Canada in the 20th century, with a maximum perceived intensity ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Saint-Urbain 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.
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census]
* Population in 2011: 1474 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.8%)
* Population in 2006: 1448
* Population in 2001: 1430
* Population in 1996: 1528
* Population in 1991: 1599
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 100%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
People born in Saint Urbain
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Onésime Gauthier (1834-1886), a Canadian politician
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Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (1879–1962), a Canadian politician
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Alice Vinette / Sister Marie-Jocelyne (1894-1989), composer
Media
Television
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:
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CIMT-DT
CIMT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a TVA- affiliated television station licensed to Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Owned by Télé Inter-Rives, it is part of a twinstick with Noovo affiliate CFTF-DT (channel 29). Both stations ...
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CKRT-DT
CKRT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, was an Ici Radio-Canada Télé- affiliated station licensed to Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Owned by the Simard family and their company, Télé Inter-Rives, it was sister to Noovo affiliate ...
See also
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Rivière du Gouffre
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Rivière du Gouffre Sud-Ouest
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Le Petit Bras (Le Gros Bras)
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Rivière des Monts
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Le Gros Bras (Gouffre River tributary)
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Remy River
The Rémy River is a tributary of the west bank of the lower part of the rivière du Gouffre, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in th ...
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List of municipalities in Quebec
References
External links
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Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale