Sainte-Justine, Quebec

Sainte-Justine
Location within Les Etchemins RCM
Sainte-Justine
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W / 46.400; -70.350
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1870
Government
  MayorDenis Beaulieu
  Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
  Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
  Total
126.40 km2 (48.80 sq mi)
  Land126.10 km2 (48.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
1,845
  Density14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
1.1%
  Dwellings
834
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-204
Websitewww.stejustine.net

Sainte-Justine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒystin]) is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.

It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.

The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.