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Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley

Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°50′W / 45.967°N 70.833°W / 45.967; -70.833
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Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Motto(s): 
Par la charrue et par l'épée
("By the plow and by the sword")
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°50′W / 45.967°N 70.833°W / 45.967; -70.833[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedApril 19, 2000
Government
 • MayorDany Quirion
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total133.70 km2 (51.62 sq mi)
 • Land133.96 km2 (51.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,555
 • Density11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 2.5%
 • Dwellings
678
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-269
Websitewww.sthonore
deshenley.com

Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,555 as of 2021.

The municipality was created in 2000 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Honoré and the township municipality of Shenley. It is named after Honoré Desruisseaux, the first reverend of the parish in 1869, and the village of Shenley, Hertfordshire, England.

References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 358449". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley (Code 2429038) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.