Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec explained

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates:46.1833°N -99°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Les Appalaches
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1946
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ghislain Hamel
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Mégantic—L'Érable
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area Total Km2:79.50
Area Land Km2:79.00
Population Total:359
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:4.5
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2006-2011
Population Blank1: 8.4%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:166
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G6G 0A1
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.

First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.

The former parish church was converted in 2014 to house Le Théâtre Bleu performance venue.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le Théâtre Bleu .