Laurierville, Quebec

Laurierville is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Laurierville
Municipality
Location within L'Érable RCM.
Laurierville Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 71°39′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	L'Érable
Constituted	November 26, 1997
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marc Simoneau
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière
Area [2][3]
• Total	108.80 km^2 (42.01 sq mi)
• Land	106.97 km^2 (41.30 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,454
• Density	13.6/km^2 (35/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.6%
• Dwellings	602
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1P0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 116 Route 218 Route 267
Website	www.laurierville.net

It was constituted on November 26, 1997 by the amalgamation of the village municipality of Laurierville and the municipality of Sainte-Julie (the latter not to be confused with a different, modern-day Sainte-Julie in Montérégie). Laurierville contains the new storage warehouse of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.

Notable people

• Fernand Labrie, medical researcher[4]
• Marie-Rose Turcot, writer[5]

References

1. Reference number 337655 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 32072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2432072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Biron, Pierre-Paul (2019-01-17). "Décès d'un grand chercheur québécois". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
5. "Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977 - Historical background". Ontario Heritage Trust. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-04-01.