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Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Municipality
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1946
Government
[1]
 • MayorGhislain Hamel
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[1][2]
 • Total79.50 km2 (30.70 sq mi)
 • Land79.00 km2 (30.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total359
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 8.4%
 • Dwellings
166
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G6G 0A1
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-216
R-267

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.

First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  2. ^ a b "Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec (Code 2431100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56874". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.



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