Saint-Damien, Quebec

Saint-Damien is a parish municipality of 2,393 inhabitants in Quebec, Canada. It is located in Matawinie Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region.

History
The town was founded the 6 September 1870. In French, people from the town are known as damiennois.

Geography
Saint-Damien is located in the middle of Lanaudière region near Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon municipality, about 100 km north of Montreal, 270 km west of Québec, and 63 km south of Taureau Reservoir. The main street is named "Rue Principale" (meaning, literally, "main street") and it is served by Quebec Route 347 which runs from Quebec Route 158 at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (2 km west of exit 144 on Autoroute 40) through Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint Damien, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie and Saint-Côme to Québec Route 125 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci.

The bordering municipalities of Saint-Damien are, starting from northwest and proceeding clockwise, Saint-Zénon (northwest), Mandeville (northeast, in D'Autray Regional County Municipality), Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (southeast, in D'Autray Regional County Municipality), Saint-Jean-de-Matha (south) and Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie (west).

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Damien had a population of $2,393$ living in $1,220$ of its $1,891$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $2,094$. With a land area of 252.28 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Education
The Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
 * École Saint-Coeur-de-Marie

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
 * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée
 * Joliette High School in Joliette

Famous people

 * Marie Jean-Eudes (1897-1981), Canadian nun and botanist
 * Raymond Gravel (b. 1952), Canadian politician