Courcelles | |
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Municipality | |
View of Courcelles' Catholic Church
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Location within Le Granit RCM |
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Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°53′15″N 71°00′00″W / 45.8875°N 71°WCoordinates: 45°53′15″N 71°00′00″W / 45.8875°N 71°W | |
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 | 2.4% |
• Dwellings | 466 |
Postal code(s) | G0M 1C0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 108 |
Website | muncourcelles |
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.