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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur
-d'Issoudun

Issoudun
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur
-d'Issoudun
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.583°N 71.617°W / 46.583; -71.617Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.583°N 71.617°W / 46.583; -71.617
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Lotbinière
Constituted January 4, 1909
Government
 • Mayor Annie Thériault
 • Federal riding Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total 60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi)
 • Land 60.00 km2 (23.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 869
 • Density 14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 9.4%
 • Dwellings 338
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0S 1L0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways
A-20

Route 271
Website www.issoudun.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 869 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is simply known as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.

The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.

On August 11, 1957, a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.




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