Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Benoît-Labre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bənwa labʁ]) is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,617 as of 2021. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.
Saint-Benoît-Labre | |
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 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Benoît-Labre Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | January 4, 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Marc Doyon |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 85.65 km2 (33.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,617 |
| • Density | 18.9/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.8% |
| • Dwellings | 820 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-271 |
| Website | www.saint benoitlabre.qc.ca |
In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey (French: Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil) in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.[4]
The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.
History
Saint-Benoît-Labre was created in 1894 when sections of Saint-Georges, Saint-Victor-de-Tring, Saint-François and Shenley were split and merged to create a new municipality. In 1993, the status of Saint-Benoît-Labre was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.