Saint-Flavien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flavjɛ̃]) is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,619 as of 2021.[4] The municipality, constituted in 1999, covers an area of 66 km2, with a population density of 25.
Saint-Flavien | |
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Motto(s): Générosité et Solidarité (French) "Generosity and Solidarity" | |
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | December 29, 1999 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Normand Côté |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 65.80 km2 (25.41 sq mi) |
• Land | 66.16 km2 (25.54 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population | |
• Total | 1,619 |
• Density | 24.5/km2 (63/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0.1% |
• Dwellings | 735 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 | R-271 |
Website | www |
It is named after Archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon and was was created from the merger of the parish and the village of the same name.
History
editAlthough the new constitution dates from 1999as a result of the merger of the Parish and of the Village of Saint-Flavien, the area has been settled since 1800. The original territory of Saint-Flavien, part of the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix, was split several times for the creation of the communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (1903), Dosquet (1912), the Village of Saint-Flavien (1912), Saint-Janvier-de-Joly (1928), and Laurier-Station (1951).
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 357346". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33052". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Flavien (Code 2433052) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Flavien, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
External links
edit- Media related to Saint-Flavien at Wikimedia Commons
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire