Saint-Benoît-Labre

Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.

Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Benoît-Labre
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedJanuary 4, 1894
Government
 • MayorMarco Marois
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi)
 • Land84.99 km2 (32.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,612
 • Density19.0/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.1%
 • Dwellings
735
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 271
Websitewww.saint
benoitlabre.qc.ca

In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed abbey in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.

The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.

References
  1. Reference number 285906 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 29100 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2429100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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