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Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard | |
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 Location within Bécancour RCM | |
Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°26′N 72°07′W / 46.43°N 72.12°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Bécancour |
| Constituted | April 23, 1875 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Guy Beaudet |
| • Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 82.10 km2 (31.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.99 km2 (32.43 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 733 |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 404 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-218  R-226 |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard had a population of 704 living in 357 of its 415 total private dwellings, a change of -3.4% from its 2016 population of 729. With a land area of 84.05 km2 (32.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56414". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 38040". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Quebec (Code 2438040) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- Media related to Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard at Wikimedia Commons
