Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Issoudun | |
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Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | January 4, 1909 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Annie Thériault |
• Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi) |
• Land | 60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 869 |
• Density | 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 9.4% |
• Dwellings | 338 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 | R-271 |
Website | www |
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.
The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.
On August 11, 1957, a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44890". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec (Code 2433085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
External links
- Media related to Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun at Wikimedia Commons
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire