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Leclercville is a municipality located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 477 as of 2011.

Leclercville
Municipality
Leclercville
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Leclercville Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°34′N 72°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	January 26, 2000
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marcel Richard
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	135.50 km2 (52.32 sq mi)
• Land	136.57 km2 (52.73 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	477
• Density	3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	9.0%
• Dwellings	268
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2K0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 132 Route 226
Website	www.munleclercville.qc.ca

History

It is named after Pierre Leclerc, a settler who gave a large portion of his land for the construction of the church, the rector and their dependencies.

The municipality's recent constitution dates from 2000 and follows the amalgamation of the village of Leclercville with the parish of Sainte-Emmélie, but both communities had been settled since the beginning of the 18th century, and most considerably at the end of the 19th century.

References

External links

• Media related to Leclercville at Wikimedia Commons
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

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