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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun

Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°W / 46.58; -71.62
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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Aerial view of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Aerial view of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°W / 46.58; -71.62[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 4, 1909
Named forIssoudun[1]
Government
 • MayorAnnie Thériault
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total
60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi)
 • Land60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
867
 • Density14.4/km2 (37/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 0.7%
 • Dwellings
370
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-20

R-271
Websitewww.issoudun.qc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy sakʁe kœʁ disudœ̃], lit.'Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun') is a parish municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 867 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is known mostly as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.

The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.

On August 11, 1957, Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun had a population of 867 living in 351 of its 370 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 861. With a land area of 60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.4/km2 (37.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44890". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Issoudun&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433085&HEADERlist=0
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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