Saint-Janvier-de-Joly

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 889 as of 2009. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the seigneurie of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay.

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 71°40′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1944
Government
 • MayorBernard Fortier
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total111.40 km2 (43.01 sq mi)
 • Land109.66 km2 (42.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total968
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 8.8%
 • Dwellings
425
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1M0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.municipalite
dejoly.com

The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known.

References
  1. Reference number 56808 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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