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Bellechasse Regional County Municipality

Bellechasse
Regional county municipality
Location of Bellechasse
Coordinates: 46°44′N 70°43′W / 46.733°N 70.717°W / 46.733; -70.717Coordinates: 46°44′N 70°43′W / 46.733°N 70.717°W / 46.733; -70.717
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Hervé Blais
Area
 • Total 1,781.50 km2 (687.84 sq mi)
 • Land 1,749.64 km2 (675.54 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 35,318
 • Density 20.2/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 6.0%
 • Dwellings 16,712
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrcbellechasse.qc.ca

Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.

Saint-Lazare was originally chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Damien originally wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population. The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district.

There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:




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