Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də bʁebœf]) is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009.
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf | |
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 Aerial view of Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf | |
 Location within Les Appalaches RCM. | |
  Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°11′N 71°28′W / 46.183°N 71.467°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Constituted | January 1, 1946 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ghislain Hamel |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.50 km2 (30.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 79.00 km2 (30.50 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 359 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  8.4% |
| • Dwellings | 166 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-267 |
First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649.
The former parish church was converted in 2014 to house Le Théâtre Bleu performance venue.[4]
Sources
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56874". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec (Code 2431100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Le Théâtre Bleu".
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire