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Lotbinière-Frontenac (provincial Electoral District)
Lotbinière-Frontenac is a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the entirety of Lotbinière Regional County Municipality and nearly all of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. It includes the municipalities of Thetford Mines, Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Agapit, Quebec, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Saint-Gilles, Adstock, Quebec, Adstock, Laurier-Station, Quebec, Laurier-Station, Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix, East Broughton, Quebec, East Broughton and Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine. It was created for the 2012 Quebec general election, 2012 election from parts of the former Lotbinière (provincial electoral district), Lotbinière and Frontenac (provincial electoral district), Frontenac electoral districts; Saint-Fortunat, Quebec, Saint-Fortunat was also taken from Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district), Richmond electoral di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Its seat is in Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (14) * Dosquet, Quebec, Dosquet * Leclercville, Quebec, Leclercville * Lotbinière, Quebec, Lotbinière * Saint-Agapit, Quebec, Saint-Agapit * Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly * Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec, Saint-Apollinaire * Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière * Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix * Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Saint-Flavien * Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Saint-Gilles * Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly * Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage * Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec, Saint-Sylvestre * Val-Alain, Quebec, Val-Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Croix, Quebec
Sainte-Croix () is a municipality in and the seat of Lotbinière Regional County Municipali in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region had a population is 2,352 as of 2021. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the Parish of and the Village of Sainte-Croix. Its name refers to the True Cross but had been in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the '' seigneurie'' of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (''Holy Cross Flats'' in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-1536 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and was not the place that Cartier had wintered, which was a point that is now called ''Pointe Platon'' ("Plato (or Flat) Point"). History The seigneury of Sainte-Croix was one of the first fifteen seigneuries to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 883 as of 2009. References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec Municipalities in Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage () is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,109 as of 2021. It is named after Saint Patrick, as its first settlers were Irish. Beaurivage is associated to the '' seigneurie'' of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ..., 2021 census References External linksCommission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Patrice-De-Beaurivage, Quebec Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Designated places in Quebec Lotbinière Regional County Municipality Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage () is a parish municipality (Quebec), parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,152 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It was named after the Narcisse Dionne, an early benefactor of the parish. Beaurivage is associated to the ''Seigneurial system of New France, seigneurie'' of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles. The parish municipality, constituted in 1874, covers an area of 62km2, with a population density of 19. History On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Desjardins Group, Caisse populaire of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. Ten minutes earlier, they had robbed the ''caisse'' of Saint-Bernard, Quebec, Saint-Bernard, for a total of $26,000 that day. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Julien, Quebec
Saint-Julien () is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 376 as of 2016. It is named after Julien-Melchior Bernier, the first reverend of the parish between 1856 and 1863. References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine () 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 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Joseph, father of Jesus, and the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub .... References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Joseph-De-Coleraine, Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec
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 A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ... martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649. The former parish church was converted in 2014 to house Le Théâtre Bleu performance v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly () is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after Reverend Janvier Lachance, a missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ..., who served the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec Premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, the owner of the '' seigneurie'' of Lotbinière, which included Saint-Janvier-de-Joly. The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known. References Commission de toponymie du Québec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ..., Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References External links * {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 711 as of 2021. It is named after one of Jesus' apostles, James, son of Zebedee, and the city of Leeds, England. Sister city * Barmainville, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ... References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Jacques-De-Leeds, Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gilles, Quebec
Saint-Gilles () is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,910 as of the Canada 2021 Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic .... The municipality has the largest surface area in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, with a surface area of around 177.43 km2 and a population density of around 16.4 inhabitants/km2. Saint-Gilles is named after the '' seigneurie'' of Saint-Gilles of which it was part. It was granted in 1738 to Gilles Rageot de Beaurivage (1689-1754), an important merchant from Quebec. References {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Lotbinière Regional County Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |