Saint-Antonin () is a

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in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of

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, 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 * Population in 1991: 3,268 * Population in 1986: 3,160 * Population in 1981: 3,075 * Population in 1976: 2,586 * Population in 1971: 2,243 * Population in 1966: 2,132 * Population in 1961: 1,983 * Population in 1956: 1,834 * Population in 1951: 1,632 * Population in 1941: 1,530 * Population in 1931: 1,409 * Population in 1921: 1,222 * Population in 1911: 1,271 * Population in 1901: 1,186 * Population in 1891: 1,079 * Population in 1881: 1,234 * Population in 1871: 1,185 * Population in 1861: 891 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.3% * French as first language: 99.1% * English and French as first language: 0.3% * Other as first language: 0.2%

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

External links

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