Saint-Benoît-Labre

Saint-Benoît-Labre (French pronunciation: [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 1,617 as of 2021. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.

Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Benoît-Labre Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°48′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	January 4, 1894
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-Marc Doyon
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	86.90 km2 (33.55 sq mi)
• Land	85.65 km2 (33.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,617
• Density	18.9/km2 (49/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.8%
• Dwellings	820
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1P0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-271
Website	www.saint benoitlabre.qc.ca

In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey (French: Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil) in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.^[4]

The territory of Saint-Benoît-Labre surrounds the village of Lac-Poulin.

History

Saint-Benoît-Labre was created in 1894 when sections of Saint-Georges, Saint-Victor-de-Tring, Saint-François and Shenley were splitted and merged to create a new municipality. In 1993, the status of Saint-Benoît-Labre was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.