Saint-Ludger, Quebec

Saint-Ludger
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Saint-Ludger Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W / 45.750°N 70.700°WCoordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W / 45.750°N 70.700°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Beauce
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	February 25, 1998
Government[2]
• Mayor	Diane Roy
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
• Total	128.70 km^2 (49.69 sq mi)
• Land	127.69 km^2 (49.30 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	1,255
• Density	9.8/km^2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.8%
• Dwellings	565
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1W0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 204
Website	www.st-ludger.qc.ca

Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Population is 1,197 as of 2006.

The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the village of Saint-Ludger, the municipality of Risborough and the township of Gayhurst-Partie-Sud-Est. The first settlers arrived in the area before 1863. It is named in honour of Ludger of Utrecht, the first bishop of Münster in the 9th century.

External links

• Municipalité de Saint-Ludger (in French)

Sources

1. Reference number 342511 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 30072 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2430072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

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