Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse

Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 485 as of 2009. Originally named Saint-Abdon, it was changed to Saint-Luc-de-Dijon, due to confusion in spelling and difficulties of pronunciation. It was later renamed to Saint-Luc and since 1997, Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Luc honours Luc Gilbert of Saint-Augustin-de-Portneuf, who would have given an important sum for the construction of the rector.

Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°30′N 70°29′W / 46.500°N 70.483°W / 46.500; -70.483^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	August 12, 1921
Government ^[2]
• Mayor	Denis Laflamme (2013-2017)
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area ^[2]^[3]
• Total	159.50 km^2 (61.58 sq mi)
• Land	162.46 km^2 (62.73 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)^[3]
• Total	480
• Density	3.0/km^2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	325
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1L0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-luc-bellechasse.qc.ca

The source of the Etchemin River is in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse.

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 336733". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse (Code 2428060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.

• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire