Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester

Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°33′N 70°40′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Bellechasse
Constituted	March 9, 1906
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Lachance
• Fed. riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Total	51.60 km^2 (19.92 sq mi)
• Land	51.76 km^2 (19.98 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	355
• Density	6.9/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	7.8%
• Dwellings	197
Postal code(s)	G0R 3T0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-216
Website	www.saint-nazaire- de-dorchester.org

Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester is a parish municipality of 400 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It is the least populous municipality in Bellechasse.[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester had a population of 338 living in 149 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of -6.9% from its 2016 population of 363. With a land area of 51.56 km^2 (19.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km^2 (17.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57286". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester (Code 2419015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.