Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location within Bellechasse RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°46′N 70°57′W / 46.767°N 70.950°WCoordinates: 46°46′N 70°57′W / 46.767°N 70.950°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Bellechasse |
Constituted | December 22, 1993 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Martin Lapierre |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
• Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
Area | |
• Total | 94.70 km2 (36.56 sq mi) |
• Land | 93.12 km2 (35.95 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,246 |
• Density | 24.1/km2 (62/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 968 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0R 2T0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse is a village with a population of 2,159 (2006 Census), established about 20 km southeast of Lévis in 1749, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. Its total area is 93.12 km2. It is a rural community, with several notable businesses such as Meuble Idéal, Prodel (Cuisichef), Georges Laflamme Home Hardware, Aliments Breton, Unicoop and many small enterprises. It is also the home of the École secondaire Saint-Charles high school.
The Boyer River, CN Railway, road 218 and road 279 cross the municipality. There are two small lakes inside the municipality, lakes St.Charles and lake Beaumont.
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Saint-Charles Church
References[]
- ^ Reference number 287213 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 19097 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2419097) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- (in French) Commission de la toponymie du Québec. Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse (Municipalité)
- (in French) Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse official website
- (in French) [http://laboyer.com/ Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse local newspaper Au fil de La Boyer.
Categories:
- Municipalities in Quebec
- Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
- Chaudière-Appalaches geography stubs