Dosquet is a municipality in

Lotbinière Regional County Municipality Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741. ...

in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of

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. Its population was 944 as of the

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. Known officially until 1996 as Saint-Octave-de-Dosquet, the post office was named simply Dosquet in 1913, after Pierre-Herman Dosquet, fourth

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of Quebec.

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Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Lotbinière Regional County Municipality {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub