Packington, Quebec
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Témiscouata—Les Basques
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Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
History
The Municipality was founded in 1925 under the name Saint-Benoît-Abbé. In 1972, the name was changed to Packington, a name that was originally used to name this territory.
Pakington was one of the organizing communities of the 5th Acadian World Congress in 2014.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Packington had a population of 578 living in 273 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of -4.1% from its 2016 population of 603. With a land area of 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km2 (12.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
See also
- Temiscouata Regional County Municipality
- Branche à Jerry, a stream
- Baker River North (Quebec-New Brunswick), au stream
- List of parish municipalities in Quebec
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72495". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 13015". 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 - Packington, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ https://www.cma2014.com/images/programmation/prog_CMA2014Web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
External links
Media related to Packington, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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- Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent:
Kamouraska - La Matapédia
- La Mitis
- Les Basques
- La Matanie
- Rimouski-Neigette
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Témiscouata
- Indian Reserves
- Cacouna
- Whitworth
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