Boischatel, Quebec
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Boischatel | |
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Motto: Labeur et Courage | |
Coordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W / 46.900°N 71.150°WCoordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W / 46.900°N 71.150°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | La Côte-de-Beaupré |
Constituted | April 3, 1920 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Benoit Bouchard |
• Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
• Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
Area | |
• Total | 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 20.36 km2 (7.86 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,231 |
• Density | 404.3/km2 (1,047/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 8.5% |
• Dwellings | 3,128 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 138 Route 360 |
Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of Niagara Falls.
Demographics
This section needs to be updated.(December 2021) |
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2021: 8231 (2016 to 2021 population change: 8.5%)
- Population in 2016: 7587
- Population in 2011: 6465
- Population in 2006: 5287
- Population in 2001: 4303
- Population in 1996: 4152
- Population in 1991: 3878
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)
First language:
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 97.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 1.4%
See also
- Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
- Ferrée River
- Montmorency River
- Saint Lawrence River
- List of municipalities in Quebec
References
- ^ "Reference number 269411 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Boischatel Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Boischatel census profile
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links
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