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Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.
Saint-Benoît-Labre | |
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 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Benoît-Labre Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | January 4, 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marco Marois |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 84.99 km2 (32.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,612 |
| • Density | 19.0/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  0.1% |
| • Dwellings | 735 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-271 |
| Website | www.saint benoitlabre.qc.ca |
In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey (French: Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil) in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.[4]
The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 285906". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Benoît-Labre (Code 2429100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Sœur Louise Picard (22 February 2011). "Les Cisterciennes de l'abbaye Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil". Le patrimoine immatériel religieux du Québec (in French). University of Laval.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire