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Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec

Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Municipality
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM.
Location within Les Maskoutains RCM.
Saint-Barnabé-Sud is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°55′W / 45.733°N 72.917°W / 45.733; -72.917Coordinates: 45°44′N 72°55′W / 45.733°N 72.917°W / 45.733; -72.917
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Les Maskoutains
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government
 • Mayor Richard Leblanc
 • Federal riding Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
 • Prov. riding Saint-Hyacinthe
Area
 • Total 58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
 • Land 57.40 km2 (22.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 859
 • Density 15.0/km2 (39/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.6%
 • Dwellings 346
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0H 1G0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 235

Saint-Barnabé-Sud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 859. It is the birthplace of historian Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire.

On June 7, 2010, police reported that a 20-day-old infant in Saint-Barnabé-Sud had been killed by a dog, a Siberian Husky, that afternoon.




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