Saint-Flavien, Quebec

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Saint-Flavien
Municipality
Motto: "Générosité et Solidarité"  (French)
"Generosity and Solidarity"
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Flavien
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W / 46.517; -71.600Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W / 46.517; -71.600[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Lotbinière
Constituted December 29, 1999
Government[2]
  Mayor Roland Gagnon
  Federal riding Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
  Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
  Total 65.80 km2 (25.41 sq mi)
  Land 67.54 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,578
  Density 23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.4%
  Dwellings 651
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0S 2M0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways
A-20

Route 271
Website www.st-flavien.com

Saint-Flavien is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,594 as of 2009. It is named after archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon.

History

Although the new constitution dates from 1999 (as a result of the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Saint-Flavien), the area was settled since 1800. The original territory of Saint-Flavien, part of the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix, was split several times for the creation of the communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (1903), Dosquet (1912), the village of Saint-Flavien (1912), Saint-Janvier-de-Joly (1928) and Laurier-Station (1951).

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