Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, Quebec

Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Municipality

Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.75°N 70.58°W / 45.75; -70.58Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.75°N 70.58°W / 45.75; -70.58[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
Constituted January 1, 1949
Government[2]
 • Mayor Jeannot Lachance
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 237.80 km2 (91.82 sq mi)
 • Land 237.26 km2 (91.61 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 676
 • Density 2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 4.8%
 • Dwellings 253
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0M 2E0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes
Website www.st-robertbellarmin.qc.ca

Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, located on the Canada–United States border. Population is 645 as of 2006.

It is also the location of the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project, an 80 MW project located 3 km East-South-East of the town.

The area had already been settled in 1907. The local economy revolves mostly around lumber, sugar bushes and the seasonal deer hunt. Many Bellarminois work in neighbouring Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

The municipality was named after Robert Bellarmine, an Italian Jesuit who participated actively in the Counter-Reformation.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 57579 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 30070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2430070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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