Saint-Ludger, Quebec

Saint-Ludger
Municipality

Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Ludger
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W / 45.75°N 70.7°W / 45.75; -70.7Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W / 45.75°N 70.7°W / 45.75; -70.7[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Beauce
RCM Le Granit
Constituted February 25, 1998
Government[2]
 • Mayor Diane Roy
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 128.70 km2 (49.69 sq mi)
 • Land 127.69 km2 (49.30 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,255
 • Density 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 4.8%
 • Dwellings 565
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0M 1W0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 204
Website www.st-ludger.qc.ca

Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Beauce, Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. Population is 1,197 as of 2006.

The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the village of Saint-Ludger, the municipality of Risborough and the township of Gayhurst-Partie-Sud-Est. The first settlers arrived in the area before 1863. It is named in honour of Ludger of Utrecht, the first bishop of Münster in the 9th century.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 342511 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 30072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2430072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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