Saint-Flavien, Quebec

Saint-Flavien is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,594 as of 2009. It is named after archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon.

Saint-Flavien
Municipality
Motto(s):  "Générosité et Solidarité"  (French) "Generosity and Solidarity"
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Flavien Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	December 29, 1999
Government [2]
• Mayor	Roland Gagnon
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	65.80 km^2 (25.41 sq mi)
• Land	67.54 km^2 (26.08 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,578
• Density	23.4/km^2 (61/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.4%
• Dwellings	651
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-20	Route 271
Website	www.st-flavien.com

History

Although the new constitution dates from 1999 (as a result of the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Saint-Flavien), the area was settled since 1800. The original territory of Saint-Flavien, part of the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix, was split several times for the creation of the communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (1903), Dosquet (1912), the village of Saint-Flavien (1912), Saint-Janvier-de-Joly (1928) and Laurier-Station (1951).

Saint-Flavien Church

References

1. Reference number 357346 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 33052 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2433052) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire