Saint-Benoît-Labre
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{{Expand French|Saint-Benoît-Labre|date=December 2018|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = Municipality
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|map_caption = Location within Beauce-Sartigan 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
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = Beauce-Sartigan
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 4, 1894
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Marco Marois
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Beauce
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|leader_name2 = Beauce-Sud
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|area_total_km2 = 86.90
|area_land_km2 = 84.99
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|population_total = 1612
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|population_density_km2 = 19.0
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|population_blank1_title= Pop 2006-2011
|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.1%
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|population_blank2 = 735
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|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −4
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = G0M 1P0
|area_code = 418 and 581
|blank_name = Highways
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|website = {{URL|www.saintbenoitlabre.qc.ca|www.saint
benoitlabre.qc.ca}}
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Saint-Benoît-Labre ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ bənwa labʁ}}) is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.
In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey ({{langx|fr|Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil}}) in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate. {{Cite web |url= http://www.ipir.ulaval.ca/fiche.php?id=786 |title= Les Cisterciennes de l'abbaye Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil |work= Le patrimoine immatériel religieux du Québec |publisher= University of Laval |lang= fr |date= 22 February 2011 |author= Sœur Louise Picard }}
The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.
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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]
{{Adjacent communities
| Northwest = Saint-Victor
| North = Saint-Alfred
| Northeast = Beauceville
| West = Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
| Centre = Saint-Benoît-Labre (surrounds Lac-Poulin)
| East = Saint-Georges
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| South = Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
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Category:Municipalities in Quebec
Category:Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
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