Saint-Elzéar, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Saint-Elzéar is a municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 2,107 as of the Canada 2011 Census. Founded in 1855, it was named in tribute to Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, seigneur of neighbouring Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce.
Saint-Elzéar | |
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Municipality | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
  Saint-Elzéar Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′N 71°04′W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | November 30, 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carl Marcoux |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87.10 km2 (33.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi) |
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| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,107 |
| • Density | 24.1/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 834 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 2J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
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References
- Reference number 293589 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 26022 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2426022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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