Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec

Sainte-Aurélie
Municipality
Dam over Abenaquis Lake.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Aurélie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W / 46.183°N 70.367°W / 46.183; -70.367Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°22′W / 46.183°N 70.367°W / 46.183; -70.367[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	April 3, 1909
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gilles Gaudet
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi)
• Land	77.81 km2 (30.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	910
• Density	11.7/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.7%
• Dwellings	534
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 275 Route 277
Website	www.ste-aurelie.qc.ca

Sainte-Aurélie is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 910 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.

Sainte-Aurélie has a small border crossing to the United States of America, Ste. Aurelie Station.

Sainte-Aurélie was founded by a Frenchman named Victor Vanier in 1906.

References[]

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
• Canada Border Services Agency