Saint-Magloire | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Les Etchemins RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°35′N 70°17′W / 46.583°N 70.283°WCoordinates: 46°35′N 70°17′W / 46.583°N 70.283°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Etchemins |
Constituted | January 1, 1875 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marielle Lemieux |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
• Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
Area | |
• Total | 208.70 km2 (80.58 sq mi) |
• Land | 209.54 km2 (80.90 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
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Population (2011) | |
• Total | 725 |
• Density | 3.5/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 446 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0R 3M0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 281 |
Website | www |
Saint-Magloire is a municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 725 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named in tribute to reverend Joseph-Magloire Rioux, first priest of the parish in 1863.
Prior to August 16, 1997 it was known as Saint-Magloire-de-Bellechasse.