Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	December 1, 1862
Government [2]
• Mayor
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
• Land	98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,248
• Density	12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.0%
• Dwellings	531
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1Y0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 226
Website	www.municipalite. st-edouard.qc.ca

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.

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