Sainte-Perpétue | |
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Parish municipality | |
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W / 46.083°N 72.467°WCoordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W / 46.083°N 72.467°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
Constituted | March 9, 1878 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Line Théroux |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi) |
• Land | 71.46 km2 (27.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 983 |
• Density | 13.8/km2 (36/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.5% |
• Dwellings | 376 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J0C 1R0 |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways | Route 259 |
Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 983.
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A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.