Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, Quebec

Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Municipality

Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°50′W / 45.967°N 70.833°W / 45.967; -70.833Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°50′W / 45.967°N 70.833°W / 45.967; -70.833[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted April 19, 2000
Government[2]
 • Mayor Dany Quirion
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 133.70 km2 (51.62 sq mi)
 • Land 133.10 km2 (51.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,610
 • Density 12.1/km2 (31/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 2.1%
 • Dwellings 668
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0M 1V0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 269
Website www.sthonore
deshenley.com

Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,610 as of 2011.

The municipality was created in 2000 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Honoré and the township municipality of Shenley. It is named after Honoré Desruisseaux, the first reverend of the parish in 1869, and the village of Shenley, in Hertfordshire, England.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 358449 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 29038 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2429038) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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