Saint-Benoît-Labre () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan 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 1,617 as of 2021. It is named after

Benedict Joseph Labre Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF (, 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Third Order of Saint Francis, Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic Church, Catholic saint. Labre was from a well-to-do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monasti ...

. In 2001 a group of

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nuns moved from Saint-Romuald,

to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey () in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate. The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.

History

Saint-Benoît-Labre was created in 1894 when sections of Saint-Georges, Saint-Victor-de-Tring, Saint-François and

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were splitted and merged to create a new municipality. In 1993, the status of Saint-Benoît-Labre was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.

References

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

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