Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec

Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.

Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1885
Government
 • MayorJuliette Laflamme
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
 • Land94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total785
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.7%
 • Dwellings
533
Postal code(s)
G0R 1G0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 279

References
  1. Reference number 44835 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 19010 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2419010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.





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