Saint-Valentin, Quebec
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Saint-Valentin is a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in southern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
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 located in the administrative area of the Montérégie
Montérégie
Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....

. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
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 was 478.

The community has lately been trying to capitalize on its name as a destination for lovers. A Festival de la Saint-Valentin is held every February, along with a St. Valentine's Day mass. The post office frequently receives letters from around the world to postmark.

Population

Population trend
Census Population Change (%)
2006 478 0.2%
2001 479 2.2%
1996 490 3.9%
1991 510 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)
Language Population Pct (%)
French only 480 94.12%
English only 10 1.96%
Both English and French 10 1.96%
Other languages 10 1.96%
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