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Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne


FieldValue
nameSaint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_mapSaint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne Quebec location diagram.png
map_captionLocation within Beauce-Centre RCM.
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Quebec
pushpin_map_captionLocation in southern Quebec.
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Chaudière-Appalaches
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3Beauce-Centre
established_title1Constituted
established_date1July 1, 1855
named_forPierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameAndré Labbé
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Beauce
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Beauce-Nord
area_footnotes
area_total_km2130.50
area_land_km2130.61
elevation_footnotes
population_footnotes
population_total1407
population_as_of2021
population_density_km210.8
population_blank1_titlePop 2016-2021
population_blank12.4%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2604
timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeG0S 3A0
area_codes418 and 581
blank_nameHighways
blank_info
website

Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a municipality in Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,407 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, the first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne, a village in Dorset, England.

Geography

Dominating the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley and bounded to the northeast by Lac-Etchemin, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne offers an exceptional view and panorama. Benefiting from a unique geographical location, in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and the urban core of Beauce, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne has been the scene of major residential and industrial development since 1990.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 130.61 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

  • Emmy Fecteau, current Professional Women's Hockey League player
  • Simon Nolet, a former National Hockey League player
  • Prosper-Edmond Lessard, (1873-1931) Alberta provincial politician and Senator
  • François Thibodeau (1939–2023), fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston

References

References

  1. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". [[Statistics Canada]].
  2. (2023-07-04). "Death of The Most Reverend François Thibodeau, C.J.M.". [[Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops]].
  3. (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec".
  4. {{mamrot. 27035
  5. {{toponymie. 57333
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