Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
Boischatel | |
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Municipality | |
Montmorency Falls | |
Motto: Labeur et Courage | |
![]() Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM | |
![]() ![]() Boischatel Location in central Quebec | |
Coordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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 (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 8,231 |
• Density | 404.3/km2 (1,047/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 3,128 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0A 1H0 |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www![]() |
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.
![]() | This section needs to be updated. (December 2021) |
Population trend:[4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)
First language:
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L'Île-d'Orléans RCM | |
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¹Does not belong to the CMQ — ²Does not belong to the Quebec City CMA |