Saint-Côme–Linière () is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The official spelling given by the Commission de toponymie uses an en dash after "Saint-Côme", but the town's own website uses a second hyphen: Saint-Côme–Linière.official website The population is 3,278 as of 2021.
Saint-Côme–Linière was constituted by the amalgamation of the parish municipality of Saint-Côme-de-Kennebec and the village of Linière on August 17, 1994. Saint-Côme was named after Arabian-born Christian martyr Saint Cosmas and Linière received its name from the seigneur who was first granted the land and cultivated fields of flax ("Lin" in French).
Demographics
Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 3,278 1.2% 2016 3,239 1.1% 2011 3,274 0.4% 2006 3,260 0.6% 2001 3,239 0.1% 1996 3,241 N/A%
Government Gabriel Giguère, mayor
Notable people Roger Dumas, Playwright
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