Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec

Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Parish municipality

Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Bellechasse
Constituted January 1, 1885
Government[2]
 • Mayor Juliette Laflamme
 • Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. riding Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
 • Total 96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
 • Land 94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 785
 • Density 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 3.7%
 • Dwellings 533
Postal code(s) G0R 1G0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 279

Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 44835 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 19010 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2419010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.




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