Saint-Amable

Saint-Amable (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amabl]) is a town 38.1 km (23.7 mi) 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. The city, founded on 21 June 1921, is named after Amable de Riom, a popular saint from the period of New France (1534-1763). In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Amable had a population of 13,322 living in 5,105 of its 5,190 total private dwellings, a change of 9.5% from its 2016 population of 12,167. With a land area of 36.77 km (14.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 362.3/km (938.4/sq mi) in 2021. Within the fertile area between the Saint Lawrence and Richelieu rivers, Saint-Amable has agriculture as its main economic activity.