Saint-Janvier-de-Joly explained

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:46.4833°N -111°W
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, 1944
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Bernard Fortier
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area Total Km2:111.40
Area Land Km2:109.88
Population Total:1079
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:9.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 9.7%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:500
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0S 1M0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways

Saint-Janvier-de-Joly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the seigneurie of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay.

The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known.

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