Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
City
	Coat of arms
	Location within Quebec TE.
	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Location in central Quebec
	Coordinates: 46°44′N 71°28′W / 46.733°N 71.467°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	None
Agglomeration	Quebec City
Settled	1679
Constituted	January 1, 2006
Government
• Mayor	Sylvain Juneau
• MP	Joël Godin (C)
• MNA	Geneviève Guilbault (C)
Area
• Total	105.00 km2 (40.54 sq mi)
• Land	85.80 km2 (33.13 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	19,907
• Density	232/km2 (600/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	5.8%
• Dwellings	8,453
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G3A
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways ; A-40	; R-138 ; R-358 ; R-367
Website	www.ville.; st-augustin.qc.ca

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿oɡystɛ̃ də demɔʁ]) is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City.

The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 as part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec and became part of the Laurentien borough of that city. However, after a 2004 referendum it was re-established as a separate city on January 1, 2006.

The local post office was previously named Saint-Augustin-de-Portneuf from 1852, then Saint-Augustin-de-Québec from 1918 until this was renamed to the community's current name in 1986.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures had a population of 19,907 living in 8,143 of its 8,453 total private dwellings, a change of 5.8% from its 2016 population of 18,820. With a land area of 85.8 km² (33.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 232.0/km² (600.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]