Saint-Côme–Linière, Quebec

Saint-Côme–Linière
Municipality
House in Saint-Côme–Linière
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Côme–Linière Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°31′W / 46.067°N 70.517°W / 46.067; -70.517[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	April 13, 1994
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gabriel Giguère
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	152.20 km2 (58.76 sq mi)
• Land	150.45 km2 (58.09 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	3,278
• Density	21.8/km2 (56/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.2%
• Dwellings	1,537
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-173 R-275
Website	www.stcomeliniere.com

Saint-Côme–Linière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kom linjɛʁ]) is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The official spelling given by the Commission de toponymie uses an en dash after "Saint-Côme",^[1][2] but the town's own website uses a second hyphen: Saint-Côme-Linière.^[4] The population is 3,278 as of 2021.

Saint-Côme–Linière was constituted by the amalgamation of the parish municipality of Saint-Côme-de-Kennebec and the village of Linière on August 17, 1994. Saint-Côme was named after Arabian-born Christian martyr Saint Cosmas and Linière received its name from the seigneur who was first granted the land and cultivated fields of flax ("Lin" in French).^[1]

Population trend:^[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	3,278	1.2%
2016	3,239	1.1%
2011	3,274	0.4%
2006	3,260	0.6%
2001	3,239	0.1%
1996	3,241	65.5%
1991	1,958	23.7%
1986	1,583	6.8%
1981	1,699	22.8%
1976	1,384	0.9%
1971	1,372	25.0%
1966	1,829	13.3%
1961	1,615	1.9%
1956	1,646	8.6%
1951	1,515	0.3%
1941	1,511	23.9%
1931	1,220	6.9%
1921	1,141	34.7%
1911	1,747	30.5%
1901	1,339	N/A%

Gabriel Giguère, mayor