Saint-Janvier-de-Joly

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°29′N 71°40′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	January 1, 1944
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Fortier
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area
• Total	111.40 km2 (43.01 sq mi)
• Land	109.88 km2 (42.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,079
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	9.7%
• Dwellings	500
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.municipalite dejoly.com

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the seigneurie of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay.

The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire