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Saint-Télesphore, Quebec

Saint-Télesphore
Municipality
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Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Saint-Télesphore is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Télesphore
Saint-Télesphore
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W / 45.300°N 74.383°W / 45.300; -74.383Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W / 45.300°N 74.383°W / 45.300; -74.383
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted 19 April 1877
Government
 • Mayor Yvon Bériault
 • Federal riding Salaberry—Suroît
 • Prov. riding Soulanges
Area
 • Total 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
 • Land 60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 762
 • Density 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.9%
 • Dwellings 361
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0P 1Y0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 325
Route 340

Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 762. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.

The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.



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