Lac-Sergent
Lac-Sergent | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Vivre en harmonie (Living in Harmony) | |
 Location within Portneuf RCM | |
  Lac-Sergent Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°51′N 71°44′W / 46.850°N 71.733°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Portneuf |
| Settled | 1890s |
| Constituted | February 25, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Bédard |
| • Fed. riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 541 |
| • Density | 145.3/km2 (376/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  8.9% |
| • Dwellings | 432 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-367 |
| Website | www |
Lac-Sergent (French pronunciation: [lak sɛʁʒɑ̃]) is a village surrounding Sergent Lake in Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Quebec City.
History
Farmers and summer visitors started coming to the area in the last decade of the 19th century. The place and namesake lake were possibly named after an old sergeant who once lived on the shores of the lake. Another theory claims that its name is a phonic corruption of the word serre-joint, French for clamp, since the lake's shape vaguely resembles this tool.[1]
The Parish of Notre-Dame-du-Lac-Sergent was formed sometime after 1890. Its post office opened in 1909. In 1921, the Town (Ville) of Lac-Sergent was created out of territory ceded by Saint-Raymond and Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Sergent had a population of 541 living in 263 of its 432 total private dwellings, a change of 8.9% from its 2016 population of 497. With a land area of 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 145.4/km2 (376.7/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0.9%
- French as first language: 96.3%
- English and French as first languages: 1.9%
- Other as first language: 0%
Government
List of former mayors:
- Charles-Eugène Côté (1921-1923)
- Fortunat Gingras (1923-1935)
- J.-Émilius Garon (1935-1937)
- Célestin Côté (1937-1938)
- Robert Côté (1938-1940)
- Lucien Plamondon (1940-1945)
- Germain Gastonguay (1945-1946)
- A.-Frédéric Mercier (1946-1948)
- J.-Arthur Verrault (1948-1954)
- Émile Dion (1954-1957)
- J.-François Pinet (1957-1960)
- H.-Paul Cantin (1960-1969)
- Zéphirin A. Paquet (1969-1981)
- François Desrochers (1981-1985)
- Laurent Langlois (1985-1993)
- Yvan Pacaud (1993-1997)
- Jacques Pinet (1997-2000)
- Guy Beaudoin (2000-2005)
- Denis Racine (2005-2016)
- René-Jean Pagé (2016–2017)
- Yves Bédard (2017–present)
References
- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 33355". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 34120". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ a b c d e "2021 Community profiles - Lac-Sergent". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
External links
Media related to Lac-Sergent at Wikimedia Commons- Lac-Sergent Boat Club Association
- APPELS - Lac-Sergent Environment Protection Association
- Portneuf RCM
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