Saint-Benoît-Labre | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.0667°N -118°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Beauce-Sartigan |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 4, 1894 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marco Marois |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauce |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Sud |
Area Total Km2: | 86.90 |
Area Land Km2: | 84.99 |
Population Total: | 1612 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 19.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
Population Blank1: | 0.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 735 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0M 1P0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.
In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey (French: Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil) in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.[1]
The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.