Saint-Elzéar, Chaudière-Appalaches
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Elzéar (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛlzeaʁ]) is a municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 2,623 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Founded in 1855, it was named in tribute to Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, seigneur of neighbouring Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce.
Saint-Elzéar | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Un village d'exception (French for "An exceptional village") | |
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′N 71°04′W[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | November 30, 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hugo Berthiaume |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
| 87.10 km2 (33.63 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 87.07 km2 (33.62 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| 2,623 | |
| • Density | 30.1/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,152 |
| • Urban density | 1,753.4/km2 (4,541/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | |
| • Dwellings | 1,031 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | |