Dosquet
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dosquet (French pronunciation: [dɔskɛ]) is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 935 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
Dosquet | |
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.jpg) Route Saint-Joseph | |
 Seal | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM | |
 Dosquet Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°28′N 71°32′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | February 9, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvan Charest |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 64.50 km2 (24.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 65.07 km2 (25.12 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
• Total | 935 |
| • Density | 14.4/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 1% |
| • Dwellings | 454 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-116 R-271 |
| Website | www |
Known officially until 1996 as Saint-Octave-de-Dosquet, the post office was named simply Dosquet in 1913, after Pierre-Herman Dosquet, fourth bishop of Quebec.
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