Saint-Zacharie () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins 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 1,684 as of 2021. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after Zacharie Lacasse, an

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missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881. Saint-Zacharie is located on the

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and has a small

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for traffic coming from the

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, St. Zacharie Crossing.

References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoireU.S. Customs and Border Protection

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