Saint-Benjamin () is a

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in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in

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. It is part of the

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

region and the population is 1,090 as of the

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. It is named in tribute to Reverend Benjamin Demers, promoter of the new parish in 1895. The Caron twins grew up in Saint-Benjamin.

History

Originally, the territory were Saint-Benjamin is located was known as Saint-François-de-la-Beauce. The boundaries were roughly similar of those of the current city of Beauceville. In 1855, From those boundaries emerged the Parish of Saint-François from witch Saint-Benjamin spitted away in 1897.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Saint-Benjamin 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

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches