Courcelles | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Le Granit |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | April 6, 1904 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Mario Quirion |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Mégantic—L'Érable |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Sud |
Area Total Km2: | 91.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 90.34 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 814 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 9 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 1.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 430 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0M 1C0 |
Area Codes: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Extinct Date: | January 1, 2024 |
Courcelles (pronounced as /fr/) was a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. It was approximately 105km (65miles) south of Quebec City.
Artist Carmen Coulombe was born in Courcelles.[2]
The Municipality of Courcelles was founded on April 6, 1904. It was made from parts of the neighboring municipalities of Lambton, Saint-Sébastien and Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth.
On January 1, 2024, the municipality merged with Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth to form the new municipality of Courcelles-Saint-Évariste.[3]
In the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Courcelles had a population of 814 living in 391 of its 430 total dwellings, an -1.1% change from its 2016 population of 823.[1]