Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

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Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Lotbinière
Constituted December 1, 1862
Government[2]
 • Mayor Alain Soucy
 • Federal riding Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
 • Total 98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land 98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,248
 • Density 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 1.0%
 • Dwellings 531
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0S 1Y0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 226
Website www.municipalite.
st-edouard.qc.ca

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after reverend Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56141 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 33080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 


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