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Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedJanuary 4, 1894
Government
[1]
 • MayorMarco Marois
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[1][2]
 • Total
86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi)
 • Land84.99 km2 (32.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
1,612
 • Density19.0/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 0.1%
 • Dwellings
735
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-271
Websitewww.saint
benoitlabre.qc.ca

Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.

Since 2001, a group of Cistercian nuns from Saint-Romuald, Quebec, moved to a newly constructed abbey in Saint-Benoît-Labre to make chocolate.

The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.

References

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  2. ^ a b "Saint-Benoît-Labre (Code 2429100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 285906". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.



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