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Honfleur, Quebec

Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°53′W / 46.650°N 70.883°W / 46.650; -70.883
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Honfleur
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Church
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Church
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Honfleur is located in Southern Quebec
Honfleur
Honfleur
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°53′W / 46.650°N 70.883°W / 46.650; -70.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedMarch 5, 1915
Government
 • MayorMarcel Blais
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total50.70 km2 (19.58 sq mi)
 • Land50.68 km2 (19.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total849
 • Density16.8/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 11%
 • Dwellings
358
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.munhonfleur.net

Honfleur (French: [ɔ̃flœʁ] ) is a municipality of approximately 850 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The Boyer River takes its source in the municipality.

History

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Founded in 1904, the municipality of Honfleur is similar to Honfleur, city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the 16th and 17th century to North America. The name comes from the archbishop of Quebec, cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, (1840-1925) whose ancestor came from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur, archdiocese of Lisieux, also situated in Calvados. During this period, the civil parish was erected. The territory was part of the seigneurie Taschereau, once named seigneurie Joliette, where municipalities such as Saint-Anselme, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Lazare and Sainte-Claire were located.

Twin town

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References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 28926". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Honfleur, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
Honfleur City Hall