Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°33′N 70°40′W / 46.550°N 70.667°W / 46.550; -70.667^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBellechasseConstitutedMarch 9, 1906Government

^[2]

• MayorClaude Lachance • Fed. riding Lévis—Bellechasse • Prov. ridingBellechasseArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total51.60 km² (19.92 sq mi) • Land51.76 km² (19.98 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2011)^[3]

• Total355 • Density6.9/km² (18/sq mi) • Pop 2006–2011

7.8% • Dwellings

197Postal code(s)

G0R 3T0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-216Websitewww.saint-nazaire-
de-dorchester.org

Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester is a parish municipality of 400 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It is the least populous municipality in Bellechasse.^[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester had a population of 338 living in 149 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of -6.9% from its 2016 population of 363. With a land area of 51.56 km² (19.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km² (17.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57286". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Quebec (Code 2419015) 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.