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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Notre-Dame-des-Pins

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its covered bridge crossing the Chaudière River. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is 146 m long. It is the longest of its kind in Quebec and the second longest in Canada.

Toponymy

When the municipality was founded, in 1926, the original name was Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence. Since the name never really established itself in local usage, it was changed to Notre-Dame-des-Pins in 1978.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-des-Pins had a population of 1,812 living in 745 of its 763 total private dwellings, a change of 13.7% from its 2016 population of 1,594. With a land area of 24.09 km (9.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.