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Packington, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°29′N 68°47′W / 47.483°N 68.783°W / 47.483; -68.783^[1]Country

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMTémiscouataConstitutedOctober 6, 1925Named forJohn Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorEmilien Beaulieu • Federal ridingRimouski-Neigette—
Témiscouata—Les Basques • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-TémiscouataArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total123.30 km² (47.61 sq mi) • Land118.75 km² (45.85 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total578 • Density4.9/km² (13/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

4.1% • Dwellings

419Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0L 1Z0

Area code(s)418 and 581HighwaysNo major routesWebsitewww.packington.org

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]

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
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.