Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
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Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | |
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Parish municipality | |
View of the village.
View of the village.
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Location within Lotbinière RCM. Location within Lotbinière RCM. |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | May 1, 1874 |
Government[1] | |
• Mayor | Denis Dion |
• Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area[1][2] | |
• Total | 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi) |
• Land | 61.91 km2 (23.90 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,091 |
• Density | 17.6/km2 (46/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 11.9% |
• Dwellings | 429 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0S 1W0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | www.saintnarcisse debeaurivage.ca |
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse Dionne, an early benefactor of the parish. Beaurivage is associated to the seigneurie of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles.
Trivia
On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. Ten minutes earlier, they had robbed the caisse of Saint-Bernard, for a total of $26,000 that day.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 33030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Reference number 57278 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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