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Courcelles, Quebec

Courcelles
Municipality
View of Courcelles' Catholic Church
View of Courcelles' Catholic Church
Location within Le Granit RCM
Location within Le Granit RCM
Courcelles is located in Southern Quebec
Courcelles
Courcelles
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°53′15″N 71°00′00″W / 45.8875°N 71°W / 45.8875; -71Coordinates: 45°53′15″N 71°00′00″W / 45.8875°N 71°W / 45.8875; -71
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
Constituted April 6, 1904
Government
 • Mayor Mario Quirion
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area
 • Total 91.50 km2 (35.33 sq mi)
 • Land 90.63 km2 (34.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 950
 • Density 10.5/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.4%
 • Dwellings 466
Postal code(s) G0M 1C0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 108
Website muncourcelles.qc.ca

Courcelles is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 105 km (65 mi) south of Quebec City.

Artist Carmen Coulombe was born in Courcelles.

In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Courcelles had a population of 1,004 living in 438 of its 486 total dwellings, an 8.2% change from its 2006 population of 928. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 950 living in 418 of its 466 total dwellings, a 2.4% change from 2006. With a land area of 90.63 km2 (34.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.48/km2 (27.15/sq mi) in 2011.


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