Laurierville, Quebec

Laurierville
Municipality

Location within L'Érable RCM.
Laurierville
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 71°39′W / 46.300°N 71.650°W / 46.300; -71.650Coordinates: 46°18′N 71°39′W / 46.300°N 71.650°W / 46.300; -71.650[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Centre-du-Québec
RCM L'Érable
Constituted November 26, 1997
Government[2]
  Mayor Marc Simoneau
  Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
  Prov. riding Lotbinière
Area[2][3]
  Total 108.80 km2 (42.01 sq mi)
  Land 106.97 km2 (41.30 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,454
  Density 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.6%
  Dwellings 602
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0S 1P0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 116
Route 218
Route 267
Website www.laurierville.net

Laurierville is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

It was constituted on November 26, 1997 by the amalgamation of the village municipality of Laurierville and the municipality of Sainte-Julie (the latter not to be confused with a different, modern-day Sainte-Julie in Montérégie). Laurierville contains the new storage warehouse of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.

References

  1. Reference number 337655 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 32072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2432072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.




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