Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | |
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Parish municipality | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | December 1, 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Soucy |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi) |
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| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,248 |
| • Density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 531 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 1Y0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
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| Website | www.municipalite. st-edouard.qc.ca |
References
- Reference number 56141 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 33080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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