Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 71°14′W / 46.483°N 71.233°W / 46.483; -71.233Coordinates: 46°29′N 71°14′W / 46.483°N 71.233°W / 46.483; -71.233[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Lotbinière
Constituted May 1, 1874
Government[2]
 • Mayor Denis Dion
 • Federal riding Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
 • Total 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
 • Land 61.91 km2 (23.90 sq mi)
  There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,091
 • Density 17.6/km2 (46/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 11.9%
 • Dwellings 429
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0S 1W0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes
Website www.saintnarcisse
debeaurivage.ca

Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse Dionne, an early benefactor of the parish. Beaurivage is associated to the seigneurie of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles.

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-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. Ten minutes earlier, they had robbed the caisse of Saint-Bernard, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 57278 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 33030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2433030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Jacques Mesrine". Les grands criminels. Retrieved 2009-05-08. 


 Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Saint-Gilles Saint-Bernard
   Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage  
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage


Municipalities
Parishes
Villages
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.