Saint-Flavien, Quebec

Saint-Flavien is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,594 as of 2009. It is named after archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon.

Saint-Flavien
Motto(s): 
Générosité et Solidarité (French)
"Generosity and Solidarity"
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Saint-Flavien
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedDecember 29, 1999
Government
  MayorRoland Gagnon
  Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
  Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
  Total65.80 km2 (25.41 sq mi)
  Land67.54 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
 There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population
  Total1,578
  Density23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
0.4%
  Dwellings
651
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2M0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-20

Route 271
Websitewww.st-flavien.com

History

Although the new constitution dates from 1999 (as a result of the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Saint-Flavien), the area was settled since 1800. The original territory of Saint-Flavien, part of the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix, was split several times for the creation of the communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (1903), Dosquet (1912), the village of Saint-Flavien (1912), Saint-Janvier-de-Joly (1928) and Laurier-Station (1951).

Saint-Flavien Church

References


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