Lotbinière, Quebec

Coordinates: 46°37′N 71°56′W / 46.62°N 71.93°W / 46.62; -71.93
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Lotbinière
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Lotbinière is located in Southern Quebec
Lotbinière
Lotbinière
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°37′N 71°56′W / 46.62°N 71.93°W / 46.62; -71.93[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1979
Government
 • MayorMaurice Sénécal
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total100.00 km2 (38.61 sq mi)
 • Land80.02 km2 (30.90 sq mi)
Population
 • Total887
 • Density11.1/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011
Decrease 4.7%
 • Dwellings
581
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.municipalite-lotbiniere.com Edit this at Wikidata

Lotbinière is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 887 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after the seigneurie of which it was part. Bordered in the northwest by the Saint Lawrence River, Lotbinière is part of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec network.

History[edit]

It was constituted in 1979 from the amalgamation of the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière and the village of Lotbinière. The area was initially settled by French colonizers at the end of the 17th century. It is named after René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, who was granted the seigneury of Lotbinière in 1672.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 92470". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33115". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Lotbinière, Quebec (Code 2433115) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.

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