Laurierville, Quebec
Laurierville is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Laurierville | |
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Laurierville Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°18′N 71°39′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | L'Érable |
Constituted | November 26, 1997 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Etienne Briere |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière |
Area | |
• Total | 108.80 km2 (42.01 sq mi) |
• Land | 106.97 km2 (41.30 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,454 |
• Density | 13.6/km2 (35/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 602 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-116 R-218 R-267 |
Website | www |
It was constituted on November 26, 1997 by the amalgamation of the village municipality of Laurierville and the municipality of Sainte-Julie (the latter not to be confused with a different, modern-day Sainte-Julie in Montérégie). Laurierville contains the new storage warehouse of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.
Notable people
- Fernand Labrie, medical researcher[4]
- Marie-Rose Turcot, writer[5]
References
- "Reference number 337655 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Geographic code 32072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Laurierville, Quebec (Code 2432072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- Biron, Pierre-Paul (2019-01-17). "Décès d'un grand chercheur québécois". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- "Marie-Rose Turcot 1887-1977 - Historical background". Ontario Heritage Trust. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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