Saint-Côme–Linière, Quebec

Saint-Côme–Linière
Municipality

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; -70.517Coordinates: 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 150.40 km2 (58.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 3,274
  Density 21.8/km2 (56/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.4%
  Dwellings 1,480
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1J0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 173
Route 275
Website www.stcomeliniere.com

Saint-Côme–Linière 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 3,282 as of 2009.

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 Lord who was first granted the land and cultivated fields of flax ("Lin" in French).[1]

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