Dosquet is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 944 as of the Canada 2016 Census.

Dosquet
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Dosquet Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°28′N 71°32′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	February 9, 1918
Government [2]
• Mayor	Yvan Charest
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	64.50 km2 (24.90 sq mi)
• Land	65.09 km2 (25.13 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	944
• Density	14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	6.4%
• Dwellings	438
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1H0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 116 Route 271
Website	www.municipalitedosquet.com

Known officially until 1996 as Saint-Octave-de-Dosquet, the post office was named simply Dosquet in 1913, after Pierre-Herman Dosquet, fourth bishop of Quebec.

References

External links

• Media related to Dosquet at Wikimedia Commons
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

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