Leclercville | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
Coordinates: | 46.5667°N -72°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Lotbinière |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 26, 2000 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marcel Richard |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area Total Km2: | 135.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 136.61 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 491 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 3.8% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 270 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 2K0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Leclercville (pronounced as /fr/) 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 region and the population is 491 as of 2021.
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.