Bellechasse Regional County Municipality
Template:Expand Spanish Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.
Bellechasse Regional County Municipality (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.[1]
Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, and Saint-Damien had wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district.
Subdivisions
There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]
<templatestyles src="Col-begin/styles.css"/>
|
|
Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2016)[2]
- Population: 37,233
- Population change (2011-2016): +5.4
- Dwellings: 17,740
- Area (km²): 1,751.06
- Population Density (per km².): 21.3
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]
<templatestyles src="Col-begin/styles.css"/>
|
|
|
|
Attractions
- Beaumont Mill, 1821 (Beaumont)
- Ferme Appalaches Safari Ranch (Saint-Lazare)
- Gold Museum (Saint-Philémon)
- Horse-drawn carriages Museum (Saint-Vallier)
- Le Ricaneux Artisanal Wine (Saint-Charles)
- Massif du Sud Ski Area (Saint-Philémon)
- Notre-Dame-de-Perpetual-Secours Historical Centre (Saint-Damien-de-Buckland)
Protected Areas
- Massif du Sud Regional Park
- St-Vallier National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
See also
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
- Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bellechasse
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Template:Mamrot
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
<ref> tag with name "toponymie" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "navbox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Navbox".