Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy sakʁe kœʁ disudœ̃], lit. 'Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun') is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.
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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Issoudun | |
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Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | January 4, 1909 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Annie Thériault |
• Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi) |
• Land | 60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 869 |
• Density | 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 9.4% |
• Dwellings | 338 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 | R-271 |
Website | www |
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The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.
On August 11, 1957, Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]