Saint-Benoît-Labre

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Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Benoît-Labre Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°W / 46.067; -70.800Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°W / 46.067; -70.800[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	January 4, 1894
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marco Marois
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi)
• Land	84.99 km2 (32.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,612
• Density	19.0/km2 (49/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.1%
• Dwellings	735
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 271
Website	www.saint benoitlabre.qc.ca

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.

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[]

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