Saint-Siméon () is a
parish municipality in
Quebec
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, Canada. It is also sometimes called Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure to avoid confusion with
Saint-Siméon in the Capitale-Nationale region.
History
In 1913, with the means of transport of the time making it difficult to reach the church in
Saint-Bonaventure-de-Hamilton, a community of citizens living to the west of the parish asked the religious authorities of the diocese for permission to found a new parish. On 21 November 1913, a request was made and taken into consideration.
Bishop
André-Albert Blais approved the move and on March 1, 1914, the first council of churchwardens of the parish of Saint-Siméon was formed. The Municipality of Saint-Siméon was officially created in November 1914.
On August 6, 1924, the eastern part of the parish of
Saint-Charles-de-Caplan, extending from the Ruisseau-Leblanc bridge to Route Roussel, was transferred to Saint-Siméon.
Saint-Siméon has seen its population grow as it has developed its territory and set up various services, making it an attractive place to live. With nearly 1,200 residents, many of the area's families are of Acadian origin.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Saint-Siméon 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.
See also
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List of parish municipalities in Quebec
This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
The ''Commission de topony ...
References
External links
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Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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