Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Municipality

Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf

Location in province of Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W / 46.183°N 71.467°W / 46.183; -71.467Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W / 46.183°N 71.467°W / 46.183; -71.467[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Appalaches
Constituted January 1, 1946
Government[2]
  Mayor Ghislain Hamel
  Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
  Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
  Total 79.50 km2 (30.70 sq mi)
  Land 79.00 km2 (30.50 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 359
  Density 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.4%
  Dwellings 166
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G6G 0A1
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 216
Route 267

Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.

First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.

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