Lotbinière, Quebec Explained

Lotbinière
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Lotbinière
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1979
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Maurice Sénécal
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area Total Km2:100.00
Area Land Km2:80.02
Population Total:887
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:11.1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2006–2011
Population Blank1: 4.7%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:581
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0S 1S0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways

Lotbinière is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 887 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after the 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.

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