Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°WCoordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W / 46.567°N 71.833°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	December 1, 1862
Government[2]
• Mayor	Alain Soucy
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
• Total	98.50 km^2 (38.03 sq mi)
• Land	98.54 km^2 (38.05 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	1,248
• Density	12.7/km^2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.0%
• Dwellings	531
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1Y0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 226
Website	www.municipalite. st-edouard.qc.ca

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after reverend Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.

References

1. Reference number 56141 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 33080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2433080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.