Saint-Zacharie | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Les Etchemins RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°22′W / 46.133°N 70.367°WCoordinates: 46°08′N 70°22′W / 46.133°N 70.367°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Etchemins |
Constituted | April 18, 1990 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean Paradis |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 188.80 km2 (72.90 sq mi) |
• Land | 186.66 km2 (72.07 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,751 |
• Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 8.7% |
• Dwellings | 876 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0M 2C0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 275 |
Website | www |
Saint-Zacharie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,913 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after oblate Zacharie Lacasse, a missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881.
Saint-Zacharie is located on the Canada–United States border and has a small border crossing for traffic coming from the United States, St. Zacharie Crossing.