Saint-Benoît-Labre

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Municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°04′N 70°48′W / 46.067°N 70.800°W / 46.067; -70.800^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBeauce-SartiganConstitutedJanuary 4, 1894Government

^[2]

• MayorMarco Marois • Federal ridingBeauce • Prov. ridingBeauce-SudArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total86.90 km² (33.55 sq mi) • Land84.99 km² (32.81 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[3]

• Total1,612 • Density19.0/km² (49/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

0.1% • Dwellings

735Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0M 1P0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-271Websitewww.saint
benoitlabre.qc.ca

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.

In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed abbey in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.

The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.

References

^ "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.