Saint-Ours, Quebec

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Saint-Ours
City
Saint-Ours church
Saint-Ours church
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM
Saint-Ours is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Ours
Saint-Ours
Location in southern Quebec
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Pierre-De Saurel
Constituted April 17, 1991
Government[2][3]
 • Mayor Sylvain Dupuis
 • Federal riding Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
 • Prov. riding Richelieu
Area[2][4]
 • Total 61.00 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
 • Land 59.39 km2 (22.93 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
 • Total 1,721
 • Density 29.0/km2 (75/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.2%
 • Dwellings 856
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0G
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 133
Website www.ville.saintours.qc.ca

Saint-Ours is a town located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Québec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,721. Founded in 1650 and originally constituent of the Saint-Ours Parish Municipality, which merged alongside L'Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours municipality in 1991, Saint-Ours is one of the earliest settlements in Montérégie.

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  1. Reference number 57356 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Ours
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
  4. 4.0 4.1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Ours, Quebec