Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Quebec

Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
Municipality
Ste-Thérèse-
de-la-Gatineau

Location in western Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°18′N 75°52′W / 46.300°N 75.867°W / 46.300; -75.867Coordinates: 46°18′N 75°52′W / 46.300°N 75.867°W / 46.300; -75.867[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Outaouais
RCM La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Constituted January 1, 1946
Government[2]
  Mayor Roch Carpentier
  Federal riding Pontiac
  Prov. riding Gatineau
Area[2][3]
  Total 79.40 km2 (30.66 sq mi)
  Land 61.39 km2 (23.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 526
  Density 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
  Pop (2006–11) Increase 57.0%
  Dwellings 443
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0X 2X0
Area code(s) 819
Website www.ste-theresehg.ca

Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Located between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake, it is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

It takes its name from the Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus Parish, formed in 1934, which in turn was named after Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897).[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 236

Languages:

References

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