Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec (village)
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.PNG) Location within Drummond RCM. |
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 Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil
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| Coordinates: 46°00′N 72°21′W / 46.000°N 72.350°WCoordinates: 46°00′N 72°21′W / 46.000°N 72.350°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Drummond |
| Constituted | January 1, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvon Lampron |
| • Federal riding | Drummond |
| • Prov. riding | Drummond–Bois-Francs |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.40 km2 (1.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,404 |
| • Density | 331.4/km2 (858/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.5% |
| • Dwellings | 579 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0C 1A0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 122 Route 259
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| Website | www.notre-dame-du- bon-conseil-village.qc.ca |
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is a village municipality in Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,404. The community is completely encircled by the parish municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil.
It is accessible via exit 196 to Highway 20. It is also served by Route 122, which connects Drummondville à Victoriavill
The name of the city comes from an appearance of Mary in the town of Genazzano in 1467. In their 2008 album, La Ligne Orange, Mes Aieux named a song after the village.
The history of the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is closely related to the precursor hamlets Carmel, Blake and Mitchell. These experienced prosperity in the second half of the nineteenth century, thanks to sawmills, a brick and railroad. Yet by the end of the last century, they were already on the decline. The canonical incorporation October 21, 1895 and February 7, 1896 calendar of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, as well as the inauguration of the first church in 1897 sounded the death knell of the three original cantons which are then incorporated into one. On 15 January 1898 the parish municipality is created.
The first settlers on the site of what became the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil arrived in 1879. This new settlement grew rapidly through agriculture, the timber industry and operation of gravel pits, which were very numerous in the region.
With the advent of the twentieth century, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil saw the arrival of electricity, street lighting, telephones and its first industries from the major resources of the region. These contributed to the influx of new residents who came to work in Sintra (Modern Paving and Construction Ltd.), Agropur (1954) and other companies like Nutribec (milling Camirand), Concrete St. Pierre and Piercon Limited.
The people of Good Counsel had to show a lot of character, as the village experienced some disasters. Indeed, on July 11, 1908, a fire destroyed in the space of 35 minutes, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil as well as Mitchell and Carmel. The latter did not fall but are no longer, as names of the past. For its part, the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil was rebuilt and the new church was ready to receive the parishioners in 1910. The disasters of spring were hard on the village, with no fewer than five bridges being washed away by ice. However, the major bridge stood solidly for more than 35 years before its replacement with a new one in 2008.
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