Bellechasse Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Coordinates: 46°44′N 70°43′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Hervé Blais |
Area | |
• Total | 1,781.50 km2 (687.84 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,751.06 km2 (676.09 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 37,233 |
• Density | 21.3/km2 (55/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 5.4% |
• Dwellings | 17,740 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, and Saint-Damien had wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population.[citation needed] The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district.
There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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(Statistics Canada, 2016)[3]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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