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*[http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/topos.html Commission de toponymie du Québec]
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*[http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire]
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Revision as of 03:59, 23 June 2009

Saint-Benoît-Labre
Municipality
CountryCanada Canada
ProvinceQuebec Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
Constitution1894
Government
 • MayorLéonide Grenier
 • MPsMaxime Bernier
 • MNAsRobert Dutil
Area
 • Total83.92 km2 (32.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total1,630
 • Density19.4/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code
G0M 1P0
Area code418

Saint-Benoît-Labre 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 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.

Since 2001, a group of Cistercian nuns from Saint-Romuald, Quebec, moved to a newly-constructed abbey in Saint-Benoît-Labre to make chocolate.

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

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46°04′00″N 70°48′00″W / 46.066672°N 70.800005°W / 46.066672; -70.800005