Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W / 46.567; -71.833[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedDecember 1, 1862
Government
[2]
 • MayorAlain Soucy
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,248
 • Density12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 1.0%
 • Dwellings
531
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1Y0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-226
Websitewww.municipalite.
st-edouard.qc.ca

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière had a population of 1,240 living in 520 of its 557 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 1,194. With a land area of 98.43 km2 (38.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.6/km2 (32.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56141". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33080". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec (Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.


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