Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Quebec

Saint-Lazare is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849 and is the seat of the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It was chosen as the seat over larger municipalities because it is in the geographical centre of the region.

Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°48′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
 • MayorMartin J. Côté
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total85.70 km2 (33.09 sq mi)
 • Land86.35 km2 (33.34 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,172
 • Density13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 1.5%
 • Dwellings
522
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 3J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 279

References
  1. Reference number 287770 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 19050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2419050) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.





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