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]