Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | |
|---|---|
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | December 1, 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Soucy |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,248 |
| • Density | 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.0% |
| • Dwellings | 531 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-226 |
| Website | www.municipalite. st-edouard.qc.ca |
Demographics edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière had a population of 1,240 living in 520 of its 557 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 1,194. With a land area of 98.43 km2 (38.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.6/km2 (32.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56141". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33080". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec (Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.