Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Municipality

Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W / 46.183°N 71.467°W / 46.183; -71.467Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W / 46.183°N 71.467°W / 46.183; -71.467[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Appalaches
Constituted January 1, 1946
Government[2]
 • Mayor Ghislain Hamel
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
 • Total 79.50 km2 (30.70 sq mi)
 • Land 79.00 km2 (30.50 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 359
 • Density 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.4%
 • Dwellings 166
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G6G 0A1
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 267

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.

First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.

Sources

  1. ↑ Reference number 56874 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 31100 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2431100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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