L'Ange-Gardien, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

L'Ange-Gardien
Municipality
L'Ange-Gardien as seen from Île d'Orléans
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
L'Ange-Gardien Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°55′N 71°06′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	La Côte-de-Beaupré
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Pierre Lefrançois
• Federal riding	Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
• Prov. riding	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
• Total	53.59 km2 (20.69 sq mi)
• Land	52.64 km2 (20.32 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,695
• Density	68.9/km2 (178/sq mi)
• Pop 2011–2016	1.7%
• Dwellings	1,625
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0A 2K0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-138 R-360
Website	www.langegardien.qc.ca

L'Ange-Gardien is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality.

L'Ange-Gardien changed status from parish municipality to ordinary municipality on May 17, 2007.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2011: 3634 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.8%)
• Population in 2006: 3008
• Population in 2001: 2815
• Population in 1996: 2841
• Population in 1991: 2819

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,459 (total dwellings: 1,534)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.7%
• French as first language: 97.5%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0.8%

L'Ange-Gardien in winter as seen from the frozen Saint Lawrence River.

See also

• Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
• Rivière la Retenue
• Rivière du Petit Pré
• Ferrée River (Montmorency River tributary)
• St. Lawrence river
• List of municipalities in Quebec

External links

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