Saint-Agapit, Quebec

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 4,280 as of 2016. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.

Saint-Agapit
Municipality
Saint-Agapit Church
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Agapit
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedApril 14, 1979
Government
[2]
 • MayorYves Gingras
 • Federal ridingLévis—Lotbinière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi)
 • Land65.44 km2 (25.27 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total4,280
 • Density65.4/km2 (169/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 20%
 • Dwellings
1,842
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1Z0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 116
Route 273
Websitewww.st-agapit.qc.ca

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]

References
  1. Reference number 98674 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Agapit, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Raymond [Population centre], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
  4. "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
  5. "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).


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