Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

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.

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[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedDecember 1, 1862
Government
 • MayorAlain Soucy
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 • Total1,248
 • Density12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 1.0%
 • Dwellings
531
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1Y0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 226
Websitewww.municipalite.
st-edouard.qc.ca

References
  1. Reference number 56141 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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