Saint-Lazare () is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849 and is the seat of the

Bellechasse Regional County Municipality Bellechasse Regional County Municipality () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central locat ...

, 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 ...

administrative region. It was chosen as the seat over larger municipalities because it is in the geographical centre of the region.

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Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub