Leclercville, Quebec

Leclercville is a municipality located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 477 as of 2011.

Leclercville
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Leclercville
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°34′N 72°00′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 26, 2000
Government
 • MayorMarcel Richard
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total135.50 km2 (52.32 sq mi)
 • Land136.57 km2 (52.73 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total477
 • Density3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 9.0%
 • Dwellings
268
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2K0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 132
Route 226
Websitewww.munleclercville.qc.ca

History

It is named after Pierre Leclerc, a settler who gave a large portion of his land for the construction of the church, the rector and their dependencies.

The municipality's recent constitution dates from 2000 and follows the amalgamation of the village of Leclercville with the parish of Sainte-Emmélie, but both communities had been settled since the beginning of the 18th century, and most considerably at the end of the 19th century.

References
  1. Reference number 358450 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33123 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433123) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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