Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1946
Government
  MayorGhislain Hamel
  Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
  Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
  Total79.50 km2 (30.70 sq mi)
  Land79.00 km2 (30.50 sq mi)
Population
  Total359
  Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
8.4%
  Dwellings
166
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G6G 0A1
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 267

First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.

The former parish church was converted in 2014 to house Le Théâtre Bleu performance venue.[4]

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