Saint-Benoît-Labre
Saint-Benoît-Labre | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
Saint-Benoît-Labre Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°WCoordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°W[1] | |
Country |
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Province |
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Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
Constituted | January 4, 1894 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Marco Marois |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi) |
• Land | 84.99 km2 (32.81 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,612 |
• Density | 19.0/km2 (49/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 735 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0M 1P0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways |
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Website |
www.saint benoitlabre.qc.ca |
Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.
Since 2001, a group of Cistercian nuns from Saint-Romuald, Quebec, moved to a newly constructed abbey in Saint-Benoît-Labre to make chocolate.
The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.
References
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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