Saint-Urbain, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Saint-Urbain is a parish municipality in Quebec
, Canada, located in the Capitale-Nationale
region.
The municipality lies along Quebec Route 381
at the intersection with Quebec Route 138
.
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 577 (total dwellings: 637)
Mother tongue:
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada, located in the Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale is one of 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. Quebec City, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,638.7 km2...
region.
The municipality lies along Quebec Route 381
Quebec Route 381
Route 381 is a provincial highway located in the Capitale-Nationale and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions of Quebec. It runs from Baie-Saint-Paul at the junction of Route 138 and ends in the La Baie sector of the City of Saguenay at the junction of Route 170.-Towns located along Route 381:*...
at the intersection with Quebec Route 138
Quebec route 138
Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the eastern terminus in Natashquan on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal...
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History
Saint-Urbain was one of the localities affected by the 1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake
The 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the entire northeastern part of North America on February 2, 1925, reaching 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale....
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Demographics
Population trend:- Population in 2006: 1448 (2001 to 2006 population change: 1.3 %)
- Population in 2001: 1430
- Population in 1996: 1528
- Population in 1991: 1599
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 577 (total dwellings: 637)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0 %
- French as first language: 100 %
- English and French as first language: 0 %
- Other as first language: 0 %