Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Lazare was originally chosen as the county seat because of its central location to the rest of the county. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Damien originally wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population. The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse electoral district.

1 Communities
2 Attractions
3 Protected Areas
4 Highways
5 Demographics
6 Surrounding Counties

Communities

Municipalities

Parishes

Attractions

Beaumont Mill, 1821 (Beaumont)
Ferme Appalaches Safari Ranch (Saint-Lazare)
Gold Museum (Saint-Philémon)
Horse-drawn carriages Museum (Saint-Vallier)
La Crapaudière Ski Area (Saint-Malachie)
Le Ricaneux Artisanal Wine (Saint-Charles)
Massif du Sud Ski Area (Saint-Philémon)
Notre-Dame-de-Perpetual-Secours Historical Centre (Saint-Damien-de-Buckland)

Protected Areas

Massif du Sud Regional Park
St-Vallier National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Highways

Highways in Bellechase include:

Autoroute: #20 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Principal Highways: #132
Secondary Highways: #216, #218, #228, #277, #279, #281

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Population: 29,570
Population change (1996-2001): -0.4
Dwellings: 13,109
Area (sq. km): 1,626.67
Density (per sq. km.): 18.2
National rank in terms of population: 173
Provincial rank in terms of population: 61

Surrounding Counties

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Lévis City \| L'Amiante \| Beauce-Sartigan \| Bellechasse \| Les Etchemins \| L'Islet \| La Nouvelle-Beauce \| Lotbinière \| Montmagny \| Robert-Cliche Neighbouring regions: Bas-Saint-Laurent \| Capitale-Nationale \| Estrie \| Centre-du-Québec

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