Laurier-Station
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Laurier-Station (French pronunciation: [loʁje stasjɔ̃]) is a village municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 2,570 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
Laurier-Station | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Laurier-Station | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Laurier-Station Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′N 71°38′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | January 1, 1951 |
| Named after | Wilfrid Laurier[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Huguette Charest |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,570 |
| • Density | 211.3/km2 (547/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.1% |
| • Dwellings | 1,164 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  R-271 |
| Census profile | [3] |
| MAMROT info | 33060[2] |
| Toponymie info | 34717[1] |
| Website | www.ville. laurier-station.qc.ca |
It is named after its train station, Laurier, which is itself named in honour of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. It is also the town where the professional hockey player David Desharnais was born.
History
Laurier-Station was originally part of Saint-Flavien but split away in 1951 to become a municipality of its own. The railway station, built in 1880, launched the development of the region. In the 1950s, the advent of the Trans-Canada Highway and furniture manufacturing industries propelled the town's development.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier-Station had a population of 2,570 living in 1,126 of its 1,164 total private dwellings, a change of −0.1% from its 2016 population of 2,573. With a land area of 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 211.3/km2 (547.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Notable people
- Laurent Beaudoin – businessman
- David Desharnais - ice hockey player