Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a
regional county municipality in the
Chaudière-Appalaches region of
Quebec
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Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.
Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, and Saint-Damien had wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population. The region belongs to the
Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district
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Subdivisions
There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:
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Armagh
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Beaumont
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Honfleur
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Saint-Anselme
Saint-Anselme is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River goes through the villag ...
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Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
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Saint-Gervais
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Saint-Henri
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Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
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Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse is a municipality of about 1,800 people about 20 km east of Lévis, in Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse
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Saint-Raphaël
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Saint-Vallier
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Sainte-Claire
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La Durantaye
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Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
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Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
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Saint-Léon-de-Standon
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Saint-Malachie
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Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
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Saint-Philémon
Demographics
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Statistics Canada, 2016)''
* Population: 37,233
* Population change (2011-2016): +5.4
* Dwellings: 17,740
* Area (km²): 1,751.06
* Population Density (per km².): 21.3
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
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* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
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Attractions
* Beaumont Mill, 1821 (Beaumont)
* Ferme Appalaches Safari Ranch (Saint-Lazare)
* Gold Museum (Saint-Philémon)
* Horse-drawn carriages Museum (Saint-Vallier)
* Le Ricaneux Artisanal Wine (Saint-Charles)
* Massif du Sud Ski Area (Saint-Philémon)
* Notre-Dame-de-Perpetual-Secours Historical Centre (Saint-Damien-de-Buckland)
Protected Areas
* Massif du Sud Regional Park
* St-Vallier National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
See also
* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
* Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help The Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help are a Roman Catholic congregation founded in the parish of Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Bellechasse, 28 August 1892, by Abbé J.O. Brousseau.
The institute devotes itself to the following works: the instruct ...
, Bellechasse
References
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Regional county municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches
Census divisions of Quebec