Saint-Bernard, Quebec
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Saint-Bernard is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,535 as of 2021. Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.
On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard. Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]
All of the victims of the 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident save one, the bus driver, were senior citizens from Saint-Bernard.[5]
Demographics
Population Population trend:[6]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2021 | 2,535 | ![]() |
2016 | 2,321 | ![]() |
2011 | 2,021 | ![]() |
2006 | 1,920 | ![]() |
2001 | 2,028 | ![]() |
1996 | 2,023 | ![]() |
1991 | 2,014 | N/A |
Language Mother tongue language (2021)[7]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 2,425 | 97.4% |
English only | 5 | 0.2% |
Both English and French | 5 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 50 | 2.0% |
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 207216". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 26055". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Bernard, Municipalité, Quebec". 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Jacques Mesrine". Les grands criminels. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "milestonesoct13". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Bernard, Quebec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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