Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Quebec

Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°48′W / 46.650°N 70.800°WCoordinates: 46°39′N 70°48′W / 46.650°N 70.800°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Bellechasse
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government[2]
• Mayor	Martin J. Côté
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
• Total	85.70 km^2 (33.09 sq mi)
• Land	86.35 km^2 (33.34 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	1,172
• Density	13.6/km^2 (35/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.5%
• Dwellings	522
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0R 3J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 279

Saint-Lazare is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849, and is the seat of the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It was originally chosen as the seat of the RCM since it is in the geographical centre of the region.

References

1. Reference number 287770 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 19050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2419050) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.