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Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°09′N 71°43′W / 46.150°N 71.717°W / 46.150; -71.717^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionCentre-du-QuébecRCML'ÉrableConstitutedDecember 17, 1997Government

^[2]

• MayorMarc Nadeau • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable • Prov. ridingArthabaskaArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total92.30 km² (35.64 sq mi) • Land92.13 km² (35.57 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total595 • Density6.5/km² (17/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

2.8% • Dwellings

258Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0P 1L0

Area code819Highways

R-165Websitewww.saintesophie
dhalifax.com

Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax was constituted by the December 17, 1997 amalgamation of the municipality of Sainte-Sophie and the township municipality of Halifax-Nord.

According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, the municipality got its name from the work of a Parish priest named Abbot Charles Trudell, in honor of Saint Sophia. Originally, Sainte-Sophie was its own entity, which split from Halifax du Nord in 1937. Halifax du Nord & Sainte-Sophie reunited in 1997, thus reforming Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax.^[4]

Geography

Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax is about 10km southeast of Plessisville, Quebec . It is accessible via Quebec Route 165.

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 337779". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 32023". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
^ "Hagia Sophia of Halifax". Quebec.ca. Quebecois Toponymy Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2023.