Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is a

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in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in

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, located on the

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. Population is 529 as of 2021. It is also the location of the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project, an 80 MW project located 3 km East-South-East of the town. The area had already been settled in 1907. The local economy revolves mostly around lumber, sugar bushes and the seasonal deer hunt. Many ''Bellarminois'' work in neighbouring Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce. The municipality was named after

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, an

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who participated actively in the

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Geography

The territory of Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is equidistant from Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, to the north, and

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, to the west, from which it is a dozen kilometers away, Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is bounded in its southern part by the border which separates Quebec of

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. The

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and ruisseau du Loup are the two most important watercourses in the area. A mountainous expanse, the territory of Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is dominated by Mount Sandy Stream, which rises to 950 m.

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Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality