Honfleur, Quebec

Honfleur
Municipality
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Church
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Honfleur Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°53′W / 46.650°N 70.883°WCoordinates: 46°39′N 70°53′W / 46.650°N 70.883°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Bellechasse
Constituted	March 5, 1915
Government[2]
• Mayor	Marcel Blais
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
• Total	50.70 km^2 (19.58 sq mi)
• Land	50.95 km^2 (19.67 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	765
• Density	15.0/km^2 (39/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.7%
• Dwellings	331
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1N0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.munhonfleur.net

Honfleur is a municipality of approximately 750 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The Boyer River takes its source in the municipality.

History

Founded in 1904, the municipality of Honfleur is similar to Honfleur, city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the 16th and 17th century to North America. The name comes from the archbishop of Quebec, cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, (1840-1925) whose ancestor came from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur, archdiocise of Lisieux, also situated in Calvados. During this period, the civil parish was erected. The territory was part of the seigneurie Taschereau, once named seigneurie Joliette, where municipalities such as Saint-Anselme, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Lazare and Sainte-Claire were located.

Twin Town

• Honfleur, Normandie

References

1. Reference number 28926 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 19070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2419070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

Honfleur City Hall