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Saint-Ours, Quebec

Saint-Ours
City
Saint-Ours church
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM
Saint-Ours Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°53′N 73°09′W / 45.883°N 73.150°W / 45.883; -73.150[1]
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	1.2%
• Dwellings	856
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0G
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-133
Website	www.ville.saintours.qc.ca

Saint-Ours is a city located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County MunicipalityofQuébec (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.

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Ours had a population of 1,723 living in 797 of its 858 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,669. With a land area of 59.23 km² (22.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.1/km² (75.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:[6] Census Population Change (%) 2011 1,721 1.2% 2006 1,700 4.7% 2001 1,624 0.3% 1996 1,619 0.6% 1991 1,628 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[7] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,650 97.06% English only 25 1.47% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 25 1.47%

See also[edit]

• List of cities in Quebec

References[edit]

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