Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Lazare is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849 and is the seat of the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It was chosen as the seat over larger municipalities because it is in the geographical centre of the region.
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Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | |
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Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°48′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Bellechasse |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Martin J. Côté |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
• Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
Area | |
• Total | 85.70 km2 (33.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 86.35 km2 (33.34 sq mi) |
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Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,172 |
• Density | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 1.5% |
• Dwellings | 522 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-279 |
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