Saint-Antonin, Quebec

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Saint-Antonin
Municipality
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Saint-Antonin Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W / 47.767; -69.483Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W / 47.767; -69.483[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted	August 30, 1856
Government [2]
• Mayor	Réal Thibault
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
• Land	175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	4,027
• Density	22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.5%
• Dwellings	1,650
Postal code(s)	G0L 2J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-85 (TCH)	Route 185 (TCH)
Website	www.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

Saint-Antonin is a municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, 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.^[4]

Notable personalities from Saint-Antonin include: Karine Paradis and Joseph-Enoïl Michaud (Lawyer and politician)

References[]

• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

External links[]

• Media related to Saint-Antonin, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons

Saint Antonin Church