Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Portage
Municipality

Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Notre-Dame-du-Portage

Location in eastern Quebec

Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°37′W / 47.767°N 69.617°W / 47.767; -69.617Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°37′W / 47.767°N 69.617°W / 47.767; -69.617[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted July 19, 1856
Government[2]
 • Mayor Louis Vadeboncoeur
 • Federal riding Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
 • Prov. riding Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area[2][3]
 • Total 115.90 km2 (44.75 sq mi)
 • Land 39.91 km2 (15.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,193
 • Density 29.9/km2 (77/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.5%
 • Dwellings 686
Postal code(s) G0L 1Y0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways
A-20 (TCH)
Route 132
Website www.municipalite.notre-dame-du-portage.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-du-Portage is a municipality[2] in the Canadian province of Quebec located at the edge of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It is part of the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and home to the Riviere-du-Loup Golf Club.

The Roman Catholic Church seen here was constructed in 1859.

Notre-Dame-du-Portage is a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 390724 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 12080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2412080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Saint-André
Saint Lawrence River
Rivière-du-Loup
Saint-Antonin
   Notre-Dame-du-Portage  
Saint-André Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
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