Lotbinière, Quebec
{{About|the municipality of Lotbinière in Quebec||Lotbinière (disambiguation){{!}}Lotbinière}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = 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_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches
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|subdivision_name3 = Lotbinière
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 1, 1979
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Jean Bergeron
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|leader_name1 = Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
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|leader_name2 = Lotbinière-Frontenac
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|area_total_km2 = 100.00
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|population_total = 855
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 10.7
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|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 5.3%
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|population_blank2 = 562
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Lotbinière ({{IPA|fr|lɔtbinjɛʁ}}) is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 855 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after the seigneurie of which it was part. Bordered in the northwest by the Saint Lawrence River, Lotbinière is part of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec network.
History
It was constituted in 1979 from the amalgamation of the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière and the village of Lotbinière. The area was initially settled by French colonizers at the end of the 17th century. It is named after René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, who was granted the seigneury of Lotbinière in 1672.
Points of interest
- Moulin du Domaine, historical water-powered flour mill
- Moulin du Portage, historical water-powered flour mill
- Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing
References
External links
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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
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Saint Lawrence River
| North = Portneuf
Saint Lawrence River
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| Centre = Lotbinière
| East = Sainte-Croix
| Southwest = Leclercville
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| Southeast = Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
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Category:Municipalities in Quebec
Category:Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Category:Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Category:Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia