Bellechasse Regional County Municipality

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Bellechasse
Regional county municipality
Location of Bellechasse
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Hervé Blais
Area[2][3]
 • Total 1,781.50 km2 (687.84 sq mi)
 • Land 1,749.64 km2 (675.54 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 35,318
 • Density 20.2/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 6.0%
 • Dwellings 16,712
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrcbellechasse.qc.ca

Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.[2]

Saint-Lazare was originally chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Damien originally wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population.[citation needed] The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district.

Subdivisions

There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

  • Population: 29,570
  • Population change (1996-2001): -0.4
  • Dwellings: 13,109
  • Area (km²): 1,626.67
  • Density (per km².): 18.2
  • National rank in terms of population: 173
  • Provincial rank in terms of population: 61

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]

Attractions

  • Beaumont Mill, 1821 (Beaumont)
  • Ferme Appalaches Safari Ranch (Saint-Lazare)
  • Gold Museum (Saint-Philémon)
  • Horse-drawn carriages Museum (Saint-Vallier)
  • Le Ricaneux Artisanal Wine (Saint-Charles)
  • Massif du Sud Ski Area (Saint-Philémon)
  • Notre-Dame-de-Perpetual-Secours Historical Centre (Saint-Damien-de-Buckland)

Protected Areas

  • Massif du Sud Regional Park
  • St-Vallier National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

See also

References

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Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Saint Lawrence River
L'Île-d'Orléans RCM
Lévis TE Montmagny RCM
  Bellechasse RCM  
La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM Robert-Cliche RCM Les Etchemins RCM


  1. ↑ Reference number 141116 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Geographic code 190 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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