Saint-Benoît-Labre Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les Cisterciennes de l'abbaye Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil . Le patrimoine immatériel religieux du Québec . University of Laval . fr . 22 February 2011 . Sœur Louise Picard .