Saint-Ludger, Quebec

Saint-Ludger
—  Municipality  —
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Estrie
Constitution 1998
Government
 • Mayor
 • MPs
 • MNAs
Area
 • Total 124.46 km2 (48.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,197
 • Density 9.6/km2 (24.9/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 819
Location of Saint-Ludger in Quebec

Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. 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.

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Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Lac-Drolet Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
   Saint-Ludger    
Audet Franklin County, Maine
 Administrative divisions of Estrie  (Region 05)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
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