Lac-Poulin
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Lac-Poulin (French pronunciation: [lak pulɛ̃]) is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
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Lac-Poulin | |
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 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Lac-Poulin Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°06′N 70°49′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | March 5, 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Drouin |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.60 km2 (0.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 171 |
| • Density | 195.3/km2 (506/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  16.3% |
| • Dwellings | 154 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Census profile | [3] |
| MAMROT info | 29095[2] |
| Toponymie info | 33285[1] |
| Website | www |
Lac-Poulin is named after the lake it surrounds (Poulin), which was named after the first settler Claude Poulin. The first settlers Claude Poulin (1614-1687), a carpenter, was born in St Maclou, Rouen, Normandie, France and his wife Jeanne Mercier (1621-1687) was born in Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Poulin is a common last name in the region. The village is mainly a summer vacation site.
History
Lac-Poulin was created in 1959 when it split away from Saint-Benoit-Labre.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Poulin had a population of 171 living in 75 of its 154 total private dwellings, a change of 16.3% from its 2016 population of 147. With a land area of 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 194.3/km2 (503.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]