Country Canada RCM La Nouvelle-Beauce Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 51.2 km² Local time Tuesday 10:54 PM | Region Chaudière-Appalaches Constituted July 1, 1855 Postal code(s) G0S 2R0 Population 1,212 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Sainte-Hénédine is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,212 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
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It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two seigneuries from which the territory of Sainte-Hénédine was detached.
History
The parish was first settled in 1852 and became a parish town in 1855.
Government
The parish town council consists of 5 councilors and a mayor. As of 2013 the current town council consists of:
The mayor is also a member of the regional county council for la Nouvelle-Beauce.
Services provided by the parish includes:
Economy
Most of the residents in Sainte-Hénédine are farmers and mostly focused on dairy farming. A few homes line the main street of the town.
Education
The parish has a single elementary school, École la Découverte, with the Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Echemin. For secondary education students are sent to Polyvalente Benoît-Vachon in Sainte-Marie.
Bibliothèque de Quebec has branch in Sainte-Hénédine, Bibliothèque La Détente, providing public library access to parish residents.
Roads
There are a few key roads within the parish:
The parish is short distance from Quebec Autoroute 73, which travels north toe Quebec City.
Air
There are no airports in parish, the closest are Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and Québec/Lac Saint-Augustin Water Airport.
Buildings
The smallest buildings in the parish are residential homes and are two stories tall. Large structures are usually barns and silos on dairy farms. The largest and tallest building in town is the Sainte-Hénédine Church (Église Sainte-Hénédine). This is second church built (first in the 1800s), it was blessed in 1912 and consecrated in 1992.