Saint-Bernard, Quebec
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| Saint-Bernard | |
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| Municipality | |
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  Saint-Bernard | |
| Coordinates: 46°30′N 71°08′W / 46.500°N 71.133°WCoordinates: 46°30′N 71°08′W / 46.500°N 71.133°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | May 9, 1987 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | Liboire Lefebvre |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 90.60 km2 (34.98 sq mi) |
| • Land | 90.01 km2 (34.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,131 |
| • Density | 23.7/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 11.0% |
| • Dwellings | 914 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 2G0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 171 |
Saint-Bernard is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,975 as of 2009. Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.
Trivia
On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard. Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]
References
- ↑ Reference number 207216 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 26055 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2426055) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "Jacques Mesrine". Les grands criminels. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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