Saint-Côme–Linière

Saint-Côme–Linière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kom linjɛʁ]) 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",^[1][2] but the town's own website uses a second hyphen: Saint-Côme–Linière.^[4] The population is 3,278 as of 2021.

Saint-Côme–Linière
Municipality
House in Saint-Côme–Linière
Coat of arms
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Côme–Linière Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°31′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	April 13, 1994
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gabriel Giguère
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	152.20 km2 (58.76 sq mi)
• Land	150.45 km2 (58.09 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	3,278
• Density	21.8/km2 (56/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.2%
• Dwellings	1,537
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1J0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-173 R-275
Website	www.stcomeliniere.com

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).^[1]

Demographics

Population

Population trend:^[5]

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