Notre-Dame-des-Pins | |
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Coordinates: 46°11′N 70°43′W / 46.183°N 70.717°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
Constituted | June 29, 1926 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pierre Bégin |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 25.00 km2 (9.65 sq mi) |
• Land | 24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,812 |
• Density | 75.2/km2 (195/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 13.7% |
• Dwellings | 763 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-73 | R-173 |
Website | www.notredame despins.qc.ca |
Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its covered bridge crossing the Chaudière River. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is 146 m long. It is the longest of its kind in Quebec and the second longest in Canada.
When the municipality was founded, in 1926, the original name was Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence. Since the name never really established itself in local usage, it was changed to Notre-Dame-des-Pins in 1978.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Pins had a population of 1,812 living in 745 of its 763 total private dwellings, a change of 13.7% from its 2016 population of 1,594. With a land area of 24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km2 (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]