Saint-Amable

Saint-Amable is a town east of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada, within the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional [County Municipality]. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 13,322.

History

The city, founded on 21 June 1921, is named after Amable de Riom, a popular saint from the period of New France.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Amable had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

Within the fertile area between the Saint [Lawrence River|Saint Lawrence] and Richelieu rivers, Saint-Amable has agriculture as its main economic activity.