Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec

Sainte-Perpétue
Parish municipality
Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM.
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Nicolet-Yamaska
Constituted	March 9, 1878
Government
• Mayor	Line Théroux
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area
• Total	71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi)
• Land	71.46 km2 (27.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	983
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.5%
• Dwellings	376
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0C 1R0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 259

Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 983.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	983	2.5%
2006	959	3.4%
2001	993	3.0%
1996	1,024	1.1%
1991	1,013	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	950	100.00%
English onlyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070709095214/http://	0	0.00%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

Attractions

A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

External links

• Festival du cochon de Sainte-Perpétue