Baie-du-Febvre | |
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Coordinates: 46°08′N72°43′W / 46.13°N 72.72°W Coordinates: 46°08′N72°43′W / 46.13°N 72.72°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
Constituted | March 26, 1983 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Claude Lefebvre |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 173.20 km2 (66.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 96.78 km2 (37.37 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 961 |
• Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 517 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area codes | 450 and 579 |
Highways | Route 132 Route 226 Route 259 |
Website | www |
Baie-du-Febvre is a municipality in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 961. The municipality lies on the south shore of Lac Saint-Pierre, a section of the Saint Lawrence River.
Population trend: [5]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2021 | 961 | 2.7% |
2016 | 988 | 2.2% |
2011 | 1,010 | 5.0% |
2006 | 1,063 | 6.3% |
2001 | 1,135 | 5.1% |
1996 | 1,196 | 3.8% |
1991 | 1,243 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006) [6]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 1,005 | 94.81% |
English only | 0 | 0.00% |
Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
Other languages | 55 | 5.19% |
Baie-du-Febvre has its own independent telephone company, the Corporation de Téléphone de la Baie.
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