Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is a province of Québec municipality in Canada that is part of the regional county municipalities of Bécancour and the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec.
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Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | |
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Coordinates: 46°33′05″N 72°07′29″W[1][3] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Bécancour |
Constituted | May 23, 1990 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christian Baril |
• Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 51.59 km2 (19.92 sq mi) |
• Land | 36.33 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.26 km2 (5.89 sq mi) 29.6% |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 907 |
• Density | 24/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0% |
• Dwellings | 564 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-132 R-265 |
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Overlooking the St. Lawrence River from the south shore, along Route 132, the municipality has just under one thousand inhabitants. Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is 55 kilometres east of Trois-Rivières and 85 kilometres west of Quebec City.
The inhabitants of this municipality are referred to as “Deschaillonnais” and “Deschaillonnaises.”