Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse, Quebec

Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°30′N 70°29′W / 46.500°N 70.483°WCoordinates: 46°30′N 70°29′W / 46.500°N 70.483°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	August 12, 1921
Government[2]
• Mayor	Denis Laflamme (2013-2017)
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
• Total	159.50 km^2 (61.58 sq mi)
• Land	162.46 km^2 (62.73 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	480
• Density	3.0/km^2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	325
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1L0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-luc-bellechasse.qc.ca

Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 485 as of 2009. Originally named Saint-Abdon, it was changed to Saint-Luc-de-Dijon, due to confusion in spelling and difficulties of pronunciation. It was later renamed to Saint-Luc and since 1997, Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Luc honours Luc Gilbert of Saint-Augustin-de-Portneuf, who would have given an important sum for the construction of the rector.

The source of the Etchemin River is in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse.

References

1. Reference number 336733 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 28060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2428060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

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