Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a

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in central

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, Canada, on the

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, adjacent to

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

. 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

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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.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011,

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census * Population in 2021: 19,907 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.8%) * Population in 2016: 18,820 * Population in 2011: 18,141 * Population in 2006: 17,281 * Population in 2001: 15,732 * Population in 1996: 14,771 * Population in 1991: 12,680 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1.1% * French as first language: 97.5% * English and French as first language: 0.2% * Other as first language: 1.2% In 2006, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures was 98.0% White, 0.5% Aboriginal, and 1.5% Visible Minorities.

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{{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Populated places established in 1691 Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale 1691 establishments in the French colonial empire

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