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Quebec Route 263
Route 263 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in the city of Bécancour at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 161 close to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn. List of towns along Route 263 * Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford * Lemieux * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Princeville * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Fortunat * Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown * Disraeli * Sainte-Praxède * Saint-Romain * Lambton * Saint-Sébastien * Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton * Marston * Piopolis * Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn File:Mont Scotch Cap - 1.jpg, View over Scotch Cap summit between Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn and Piopolis. File:Piopolis3.jpg, In Piopolis. File:Marston3.jpg, In Marston. File:Montstececile.jpg, Mont Sainte-Cécile in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton. File:LeMorneSt-Sebastien.jpg, Morne de Saint-Sébastien in Saint-Sébastien ...
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Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec is a small town north east of Montreal. Located on the Bécancour River in Arthabaska county in the Centre-du-Québec region, the town was incorporated in 1855 and has a current population of 1,076 inhabitants (Statistics Canada, 2021); this number varies seasonally, as many local residences are summer cottages. Saint-Louis-de-Blandford is known for its high concentration of cranberry bogs; the majority of cranberry cultivation in the province of Quebec happens in and around the town. To take further advantage of this plentiful natural resource and boost the town's tourism revenue, an interpretation centre offers educational presentations and visits to local cranberry bogs for groups and interested visitors. Agritourism of this type is common in the Centre-du-Québec region, which is known as the agricultural heartland of Quebec. St-Louis-de-Blandford is located along Autoroute 20, which links it to Montreal and Quebec City, and is also acces ...
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Quebec Route 226
Route 226 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271. Route 226 is an exclusively rural highway going through very small villages in the Chaudière-Appalaches and mostly in the Centre-du-Québec regions. The biggest village along the way is Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, with 1,200 people. Municipalities along Route 226 * Pierreville * Saint-Elphège * La-Visitation-de-Yamaska * Sainte-Monique * Grand-Saint-Esprit * Saint-Célestin (municipality) * Saint-Célestin (village) * Bécancour * Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford * Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard * Fortierville * Parisville * Leclercville * Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière * Sainte-Croix File:Sainte-Gertrude, Québec 04.jpg, Route 226 in Sainte-Gertrude. File:Rivière Nicolet Sainte-Monique.JPG, Bridge over Nicolet River in Sainte-Monique. File:Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford.JP ...
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Piopolis, Quebec
Piopolis is a municipality of about 400 people in Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (''Granite'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. ... in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. The name of the town means, 'city of the Pope' in recognition of the service of loyal Roman Catholics who answered the call by Pope Pius IX to defend The Vatican in 1860. A group of 14 returned Papal Zouaves, led by a missionary priest departed Montreal in 1871 and traveled by rail, stagecoach and on foot to land grants on the borders of the diocese of Trois-Rivières, in the township of Marston, on the edge of Lake Mégantic to build a new city dedicated to Pope Pius IX who they had served in Rome. There they discovered only a small logging camp building. Piopolis was officially founded on Septe ...
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Marston, Quebec
Marston is a township municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. A township municipality is all or part of the territory of a township (townships were originally only a land surveying feature) set up as a municipality. It is named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire in England. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... census See also Types of municipalities in Quebec References External ...
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Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The on .... References External links * *Répertoire des municipalités du QuébecAffaires municipales et régions – cartes régionales

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Saint-Sébastien, Estrie, Quebec
Saint-Sébastien is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (''Granite'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. ... in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is named after Saint Sebastian, who died c. 288. References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality {{Quebec-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Romain, Quebec
Saint-Romain is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ... of Estrie. The municipality is named after Pope Romanus, who was pope from August to November 1897. References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub ...
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Sainte-Praxède, Quebec
Sainte-Praxède is a parish municipality located in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 363 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after Catholic saint Praxedes. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ... conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Praxède had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References Commission de toponymie du QuébecM ...
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Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ... conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References External links * {{DEFA ...
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Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Quebec
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota .... References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ...
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