| Saint-Antonin | |
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| Municipality | |
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Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM |
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| Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°WCoordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W | |
| Country |
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| Province |
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Constituted | August 30, 1856 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réal Thibault |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
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| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,027 |
| • Density | 22.9/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
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| • Dwellings | 1,650 |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 2J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
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| Website | www |
Saint-Antonin is a municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.