Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Motto: | Ce qui sera est déjà (French for "What will be is already") |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in province of Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.7667°N -127°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Bellechasse |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | December 22, 1993 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Martin Lapierre |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Lévis—Bellechasse |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Bellechasse |
Area Total Km2: | 94.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 93.12 |
Population Total: | 2246 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 24.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
Population Blank1: | 4.0% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 968 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0R 2T0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse is a village with a population of 2,159 (2006 Census), established about 20 km southeast of Lévis in 1749, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. Its total area is 93.12 km2. It is a rural community, with several notable businesses such as Meuble Idéal, Prodel (Cuisichef), Georges Laflamme Home Hardware, Aliments Breton, Unicoop and many small enterprises. It is also the home of the École secondaire Saint-Charles high school.
The Boyer River, CN Railway, road 218 and road 279 cross the municipality. There are two small lakes inside the municipality, lakes St.Charles and lake Beaumont.
| Northeast = Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | East = La Durantaye | Southeast = | South = Saint-Gervais | Southwest = Saint-Henri | West = Lévis | Northwest = }}