Packington | |
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Coordinates: 47°29′N 68°47′W / 47.483°N 68.783°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Témiscouata |
Constituted | October 6, 1925 |
Named for | John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton [1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Emilien Beaulieu |
• Federal riding |
Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 123.30 km2 (47.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 578 |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 4.1% |
• Dwellings | 419 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website |
www |
Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
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]
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]
Packington | |
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Coordinates: 47°29′N 68°47′W / 47.483°N 68.783°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Témiscouata |
Constituted | October 6, 1925 |
Named for | John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton [1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Emilien Beaulieu |
• Federal riding |
Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 123.30 km2 (47.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 578 |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 4.1% |
• Dwellings | 419 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website |
www |
Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
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]
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]