Sainte-Praxède is a
parish municipality
A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an ''ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is ...
located in
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Les Appalaches ( ''Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches'') is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of ...
in the
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
region of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Its population was 363 as of the
Canada 2011 Census. It was named after Catholic saint
Praxedes.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Sainte-Praxède 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.
References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Praxede, Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Parish municipalities in Quebec