Laurier-Station
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{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = Village municipality
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|map_caption = Location within Lotbinière RCM.
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
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|subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches
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|subdivision_name3 = Lotbinière
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 1, 1951
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|named_for = Wilfrid Laurier
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Huguette Charest
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|leader_name1 = Lévis—Lotbinière
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|area_total_km2 = 12.00
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|population_total = 2570
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|population_density_km2 = 211.3
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|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.1%
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|population_blank2 = 1164
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|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −05:00
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|utc_offset_DST = −04:00
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = G0S 1N0
|area_code = 418 and 581
|blank_name = Highways
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|blank_name_sec2 = Census profile
|blank_info_sec2 = [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Laurier%2DStation&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433060&HEADERlist=0]https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Laurier%2DStation&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433060&HEADERlist=0
|blank1_name_sec2 = MAMROT info
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|blank2_name_sec2 = Toponymie info
|blank2_info_sec2 = [http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=34717 34717]{{toponymie|34717}}
|website = {{URL|www.ville.laurier-station.qc.ca|www.ville.
laurier-station.qc.ca}}
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Laurier-Station ({{IPA|fr|loʁje stasjɔ̃}}) is a village municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 2,570 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
It is named after its train station, Laurier, which is itself named in honour of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. It is also the town where the professional hockey player David Desharnais was born.
History
Laurier-Station was originally part of Saint-Flavien but split away in 1951 to become a municipality of its own. The railway station, built in 1880, launched the development of the region. In the 1950s, the advent of the Trans-Canada Highway and furniture manufacturing industries propelled the town's development.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier-Station had a population of {{val|2570|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1126|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1164|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2570-2573}}|2573|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2573|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|12.16|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2570|12.16|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 28, 2022}}
Notable people
- Laurent Beaudoin – businessman
- David Desharnais - ice hockey player
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090415073751/http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/topos/topos.html Commission de toponymie du Québec]
- [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire]
{{Geographic Location (8-way)
| Northwest =
| North = Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
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| Centre = Laurier-Station
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| Southwest = Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
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| Southeast = Saint-Flavien
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