| Honfleur | |
|---|---|
| — City — | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| MRC | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Established | 1904 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Mayor | Marcel Blais |
| • Governing Body | |
| • MP | |
| • MNA | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.99 km2 (19.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 866 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 |
Honfleur is a small village of approximately 866 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. The Boyer River takes its source in the municipality.
Founded in 1904, the municipality of Honfleur is similar to Honfleur, city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the XVIth and XVIlth century to North America. The name comes from the archbishop of Quebec, the cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, (1840-1925) whose ancestor came from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur, archdiocise of Lisieux, also situated in Calvados. During this period, the civil parish was erected. The territory was part of the seigneurie Taschereau, once named seigneurie Joliette, where municipalities such as Saint-Anselme, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Lazare and Sainte-Claire were located.