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Leclercville
Leclercville () is a municipality located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ... region and the population is 491 as of 2021. History It is named after Pierre Leclerc, a settler who gave a large portion of his land for the construction of the church, the rector and their dependencies. The municipality's recent constitution dates from 2000 and follows the amalgamation of the village of Leclercville with the parish of Sainte-Emmélie, but both communities had been settled since the beginning of the 18th century, and most considerably at the end of the 19th century. Demographics References External links *Commissio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent (, ) is a Quebec, province of Québec Classification of municipalities in Quebec, municipality in Canada that is part of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, regional county municipalities of Bécancour and the administrative region of ''Centre-du-Québec''. Overlooking the St. Lawrence River from the south shore, along Quebec Route 132, 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.” Deschaillons owes its name to Lord Pierre de Saint-Ours, who obtained from the King of France this concession located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence River. Pierre de Saint-Ours was initially Lord of ''L’Échaillon,'' in the former province of Dauphiné, Dolphiné in France, and he gave to this new lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of G Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is G. Postal codes beginning with G are located within the Canadian province of Quebec. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Canadian postal code#Forward sortation areas, Forward Sortation Area (FSA). Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Eastern Quebec There are currently 140 FSAs in this list. Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Communications in Quebec Quebec-related lists, Postal codes G Postal codes in Canada, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deschambault-Grondines
Deschambault-Grondines () is a municipality located in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada. Deschambault-Grondines was created in 2002 by the merger of the villages of Deschambault and Grondines. It is a member of the Fédération des Villages-relais du Québec. ' History Deschambault The village of Deschambault is located in the eastern part of the municipality. It has its origins in the Seigneurie de Chavigny, granted in 1640 by the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France. In 1671, Jacques-Alexis Fleury, Sieur Deschambault, married the heiress of the seigneury and became its owner in 1683 through an exchange of land. He then gave his name to his new domain. The parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault was founded in 1713 and canonically erected in 1753. The parish municipality was created in 1855, and the village municipality separated from it in 1951. These two entities merged again in 1989.' . . . At one time, Descha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-Alain, Quebec
Val-Alain () is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 986 as of 2021. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, the grandson of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, a former premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ... of Quebec. "Monsieur Alain," as he was known, headed the Lotbinière '' seigneurie'' from 1911 to 1954. References Commission de toponymie du Québec External lin ...
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Villeroy, Quebec
Villeroy () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Centre-du-Québec Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Demographics Population trend:Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census, 1996, Canada 2001 Census, 2001, Canada 2006 Census, 2006, Canada 2011 Census, 2011, Canada 2016 Census, 2016, Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census * Population in 2021: 488 (2011 to 2016 population change: 6.8%) * Population in 2016: 457 (2011 to 2016 population change: -5.8%) * Population in 2011: 485 (2006 to 2011 population change: -2.2%) * Population in 2006: 496 * Population in 2001: 519 * Population in 1996: 493 * Population in 1991: 544 * Population in 1986: 544 * Population in 1981: 546 * Population in 1976: 543 * Population in 1971: 613 * Population in 1966: 655 * Population in 1961: 722 * Population in 1956: 737 * Population in 1951: 707 * Population in 1941: 853 * Population in 1931: 677 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Lotbinière () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian census, the RCM had a population of 31,741. Its seat is in Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (14) * Dosquet, Quebec, Dosquet * Leclercville, Quebec, Leclercville * Lotbinière, Quebec, Lotbinière * Saint-Agapit, Quebec, Saint-Agapit * Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly * Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec, Saint-Apollinaire * Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière * Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix * Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Saint-Flavien * Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Saint-Gilles * Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly * Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage * Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec, Saint-Sylvestre * Val-Alain, Quebec, Val-Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Françoise, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec
Sainte-Françoise () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Centre-du-Québec Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly () is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after Reverend Janvier Lachance, a missionary, who served the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec Premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, the owner of the ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; ; ), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. '' Nulle terre sans seigneur'' ("No land without a lord") ...'' of Lotbinière, which included Saint-Janvier-de-Joly. The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known. References Commission de toponymie du Québec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière-Frontenac (provincial Electoral District)
Lotbinière-Frontenac is a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the entirety of Lotbinière Regional County Municipality and nearly all of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. It includes the municipalities of Thetford Mines, Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Agapit, Quebec, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Saint-Gilles, Adstock, Quebec, Adstock, Laurier-Station, Quebec, Laurier-Station, Sainte-Croix, Quebec, Sainte-Croix, East Broughton, Quebec, East Broughton and Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine. It was created for the 2012 Quebec general election, 2012 election from parts of the former Lotbinière (provincial electoral district), Lotbinière and Frontenac (provincial electoral district), Frontenac electoral districts; Saint-Fortunat, Quebec, Saint-Fortunat was also taken from Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district), Richmond electoral di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière, Quebec
Lotbinière () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 855 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after the ''Seigneurial system of New France, seigneurie'' of which it was part. Bordered in the northwest by the Saint Lawrence River, Lotbinière is part of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec network. History It was constituted in 1979 from the amalgamation of the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière and the village of Lotbinière. The area was initially settled by French colonizers at the end of the 17th century. It is named after René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, who was granted the seigneury of Lotbinière in 1672. Attractions * Moulin du Domaine, historical water-powered flour mill * Moulin du Portage, historical water-powered flour mill * Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing References External links *Commission de toponymi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 819
Area codes 819, 873, and 468 are overlay telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for central and western Quebec, Canada, including the Quebec portion of the National Capital Region, and the Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coastlines of Quebec. Major cities in the territory include Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Drummondville, Shawinigan, Victoriaville, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Magog and Mont-Laurier. The incumbent local exchange carriers for the numbering plan area are Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Telus, as well as Télébec and other independent companies. From 1992 to 1997, Northwestel was also an incumbent carrier in 819, as it included former Bell Canada areas in the Northwest Territories. History Ontario and Quebec were the only Canadian provinces that received assignments of multiple area codes from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) when the original North American area codes were created in 1947. The eastern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortierville
Fortierville () is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Aurore Gagnon who died here from a severe case of child abuse in the early 1920s, is a historical figure of the municipality. See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Designated places in Quebec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
