Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMLotbinièreConstitutedDecember 1, 1862Government

^[2]

• MayorAlain Soucy • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Prov. ridingLotbinière-FrontenacArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total98.50 km² (38.03 sq mi) • Land98.54 km² (38.05 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2011)^[3]

• Total1,248 • Density12.7/km² (33/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

1.0% • Dwellings

531Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0S 1Y0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-226Websitewww.municipalite.
st-edouard.qc.ca

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.

Demographics

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

^ "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.