Saint-Agapit | |
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![]() Aerial view of Saint-Agapit | |
Motto(s): Ad meliora semper (Always for the better) | |
![]() Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W / 46.567°N 71.433°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | April 14, 1979 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Gingras |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 65.40 km2 (25.25 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population | |
• Total | 4,526 |
• Density | 69.2/km2 (179/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,967 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.
Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]
Population trend:[6]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,914 (total dwellings: 1,967)