Saint-Bernard is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,535 as of 2021. Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
Saint-Bernard | |
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![]() Saint-Georges street, in the village. | |
![]() Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°30′N 71°08′W / 46.500°N 71.133°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
Constituted | May 9, 1987 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Liboire Lefebvre |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
Area | |
• Total | 90.60 km2 (34.98 sq mi) |
• Land | 90.10 km2 (34.79 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 2,535 |
• Density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,048 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | saint-bernard |
The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.
On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard. Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]
All of the victims of the 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident save one, the bus driver, were senior citizens from Saint-Bernard.[5]
Demographics
editPopulation Population trend:[6]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2021 | 2,535 | 9.2% |
2016 | 2,321 | 14.8% |
2011 | 2,021 | 5.3% |
2006 | 1,920 | 5.3% |
2001 | 2,028 | 0.2% |
1996 | 2,023 | 0.4% |
1991 | 2,014 | N/A |
Language Mother tongue language (2021)[7]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 2,425 | 97.4% |
English only | 5 | 0.2% |
Both English and French | 5 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 50 | 2.0% |
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 207216". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 26055". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Bernard, Municipalité, Quebec". 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Jacques Mesrine". Les grands criminels. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "milestonesoct13". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Bernard, Quebec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire