Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur
-d'Issoudun

Issoudun
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Issoudun
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 4, 1909
Government
 • MayorAnnie Thériault
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi)
 • Land60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total869
 • Density14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 9.4%
 • Dwellings
338
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1L0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-20
Route 271
Websitewww.issoudun.qc.ca

The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.

On August 11, 1957, a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]

References
  1. Reference number 44890 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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