Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, Quebec

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.

Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Granit
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1949
Government
 • MayorJeannot Lachance
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total237.80 km2 (91.82 sq mi)
 • Land237.26 km2 (91.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total676
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 4.8%
 • Dwellings
253
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 2E0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.st-robertbellarmin.qc.ca

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. Geographic code 30070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2430070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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