Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec

Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Parish municipality

Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland

Location in province of Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Bellechasse
Constituted January 1, 1885
Government[2]
  Mayor Juliette Laflamme
  Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse
  Prov. riding Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
  Total 96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
  Land 94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 785
  Density 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 3.7%
  Dwellings 533
Postal code(s) G0R 1G0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 279

Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.

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