Bellechasse Regional County Municipality

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Bellechasse
Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 46°44′N 70°43′W / 46.733°N 70.717°W / 46.733; -70.717Coordinates: 46°44′N 70°43′W / 46.733°N 70.717°W / 46.733; -70.717^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Government^[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Hervé Blais
Area^[2]^[3]
• Total	1,781.50 km² (687.84 sq mi)
• Land	1,749.64 km² (675.54 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[3]
• Total	35,318
• Density	20.2/km² (52/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.0%
• Dwellings	16,712
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcbellechasse.qc.ca

Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.^[2]

Saint-Lazare was originally chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Damien originally wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population.^{[citation needed]} The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district.

Contents

1 Subdivisions
2 Demographics
3 Transportation
- 3.1 Access Routes
4 Attractions
5 Protected Areas
6 See also
7 References

Subdivisions[edit]

There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Demographics[edit]

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Population: 29,570
Population change (1996-2001): -0.4
Dwellings: 13,109
Area (km²): 1,626.67
Density (per km².): 18.2
National rank in terms of population: 173
Provincial rank in terms of population: 61

Transportation[edit]

Access Routes[edit]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes
- A-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways
- Route 132
- Route 173

Secondary Highways
- Route 216
- Route 218
- Route 228
- Route 275
- Route 277
- Route 279
- Route 281

External Routes
- None

Attractions[edit]

Beaumont Mill, 1821 (Beaumont)
Ferme Appalaches Safari Ranch (Saint-Lazare)
Gold Museum (Saint-Philémon)
Horse-drawn carriages Museum (Saint-Vallier)
Le Ricaneux Artisanal Wine (Saint-Charles)
Massif du Sud Ski Area (Saint-Philémon)
Notre-Dame-de-Perpetual-Secours Historical Centre (Saint-Damien-de-Buckland)

Protected Areas[edit]

Massif du Sud Regional Park
St-Vallier National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

See also[edit]

List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References[edit]

^ Reference number 141116 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Geographic code 190 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
^ ^a ^b "(Code 2419) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

Saint Lawrence River
L'Île-d'Orléans RCM

Bellechasse RCM

La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM

Robert-Cliche RCM

Les Etchemins RCM

v t e Administrative divisions of Chaudière-Appalaches (Region 12)

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	L'Islet Montmagny Bellechasse Lévis La Nouvelle-Beauce Robert-Cliche Les Etchemins Beauce-Sartigan Les Appalaches Lotbinière

Municipalities	Saint-Pamphile Montmagny Lévis Sainte-Marie Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Beauceville Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Saint-Georges Disraeli (V) Thetford Mines

Administrative divisions of Quebec

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