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Saint-Flavien is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,594 as of 2009. It is named after archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon.

Saint-Flavien
Municipality
Motto(s):  Générosité et Solidarité (French) "Generosity and Solidarity"
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Saint-Flavien Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	December 29, 1999
Government [2]
• Mayor	Roland Gagnon
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	65.80 km2 (25.41 sq mi)
• Land	67.54 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,578
• Density	23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.4%
• Dwellings	651
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways A-20	Route 271
Website	www.st-flavien.com

History

Although the new constitution dates from 1999 (as a result of the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Saint-Flavien), the area was settled since 1800. The original territory of Saint-Flavien, part of the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix, was split several times for the creation of the communities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (1903), Dosquet (1912), the village of Saint-Flavien (1912), Saint-Janvier-de-Joly (1928) and Laurier-Station (1951).

References

External links

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

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