Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur -d'Issoudun Issoudun
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur -d'Issoudun Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.583°N 71.617°WCoordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.583°N 71.617°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	January 4, 1909
Government[2]
• Mayor	Annie Thériault
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
• Total	60.60 km^2 (23.40 sq mi)
• Land	60.00 km^2 (23.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	869
• Density	14.5/km^2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	9.4%
• Dwellings	338
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1L0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-20	Route 271
Website	www.issoudun.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.

The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.

On August 11, 1957, a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.^[1]

References

1. Reference number 44890 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 33085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2433085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire