Boischatel | |
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Municipality | |
Motto: Labeur et Courage | |
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM. |
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Location in central Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W / 46.900°N 71.150°WCoordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W / 46.900°N 71.150°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | La Côte-de-Beaupré |
Constituted | April 3, 1920 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Germain |
• Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
• Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
Area | |
• Total | 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 20.93 km2 (8.08 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,465 |
• Density | 308.8/km2 (800/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 22.3% |
• Dwellings | 2,382 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0A 1H0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways |
Route 138 Route 360 |
Website | www |
Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Nearby on the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls where 35,000 litres of water per second are falling down a height one and a half times greater than the Niagara Falls.
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,331 (total dwellings: 2,382)
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