Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | |
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Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | December 1, 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denise Poulin |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 98.43 km2 (38.00 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,240 |
| • Density | 12.6/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 3.9% |
| • Dwellings | 557 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-226 |
| Website | www.municipalite. st-edouard.qc.ca |
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿edwaʁ də lɔtbinjɛʁ]) is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,240 as of the Canada 2021 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.