Saint-Zacharie, Quebec

Saint-Zacharie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,913 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after oblate Zacharie Lacasse, a missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881.

Saint-Zacharie
Municipality
The church in 1910.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Zacharie
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°22′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedApril 18, 1990
Government
 • MayorJoey Cloutier
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total188.80 km2 (72.90 sq mi)
 • Land186.66 km2 (72.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,751
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 8.7%
 • Dwellings
876
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 2C0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 275
Websitewww.st-zacharie.qc.ca

Saint-Zacharie is located on the Canada–United States border and has a small border crossing for traffic coming from the United States, St. Zacharie Crossing.

References
  1. Reference number 57783 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 28005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2428005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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