Laurierville, Quebec

Laurierville is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Laurierville
Municipality
Location within L'Érable RCM.
Laurierville
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 71°39′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
RCML'Érable
ConstitutedNovember 26, 1997
Government
 • MayorMarc Simoneau
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière
Area
 • Total108.80 km2 (42.01 sq mi)
 • Land106.97 km2 (41.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,454
 • Density13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.6%
 • Dwellings
602
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1P0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 116
Route 218
Route 267
Websitewww.laurierville.net

It was constituted on November 26, 1997 by the amalgamation of the village municipality of Laurierville and the municipality of Sainte-Julie (the latter not to be confused with a different, modern-day Sainte-Julie in Montérégie). Laurierville contains the new storage warehouse of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.

Notable people

References
  1. Reference number 337655 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 32072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2432072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. Biron, Pierre-Paul (2019-01-17). "Décès d'un grand chercheur québécois". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  5. "Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977 - Historical background". Ontario Heritage Trust. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-04-01.





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