Saint-Damase, Bas-Saint-Laurent

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Saint-Damase
Parish municipality
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Saint-Damase Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°40′N 67°50′W / 48.667°N 67.833°W / 48.667; -67.833[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Matapédia
Settled	1868
Constituted	December 31, 1885
Government [2]
• Mayor	Martin Carrier
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [2][3]
• Total	118.20 km2 (45.64 sq mi)
• Land	116.42 km2 (44.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	382
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	7.3%
• Dwellings	178
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 2J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-297
Website	saint-damase.com

Saint-Damase is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Damase had a population of 382 living in 165 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 116.42 km² (44.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km² (8.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

Mother tongue:^[12]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.7%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council (2024):^[13]

• Mayor: Martin Carrier
• Councillors: Clermont Miousse, Marie-Chantal Bienvenue, Nelson Lavoie, Hélène Ouellet, Maurice D’Astous, Martine Côté

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

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