La Durantaye is a parish municipality in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec.
La Durantaye | |
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 Location within Bellechasse RCM. | |
  La Durantaye Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°50′N 70°51′W / 46.833°N 70.850°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Bellechasse |
| Constituted | August 4, 1910 |
| Named for | Olivier Morel de La Durantaye[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Paul Lacroix |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.30 km2 (13.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 34.82 km2 (13.44 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 722 |
| • Density | 20.7/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  2.7% |
| • Dwellings | 355 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-281 |
| Website | www |
The municipality had a population of 722 in the Canada 2011 Census.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Durantaye had a population of 782 living in 339 of its 374 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 755. With a land area of 34.99 km2 (13.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.3/km2 (57.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 33402". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "La Durantaye, Quebec (Code 2419090) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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