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Saint-Robert-Bellarmin

Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.75°N 70.58°W / 45.75; -70.58
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Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Location within Le Granit RCM
Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.75°N 70.58°W / 45.75; -70.58[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Granit
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1949
Government
 • MayorJeannot Lachance
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total
237.80 km2 (91.82 sq mi)
 • Land237.26 km2 (91.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
676
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 4.8%
 • Dwellings
253
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.st-robertbellarmin.qc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, located on the Canada–United States border. Population is 645 as of 2006.

It is also the location of the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project, an 80 MW project located 3 km East-South-East of the town.

The area had already been settled in 1907. The local economy revolves mostly around lumber, sugar bushes and the seasonal deer hunt. Many Bellarminois work in neighbouring Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

The municipality was named after Robert Bellarmine, an Italian Jesuit who participated actively in the Counter-Reformation.

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57579". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Robert-Bellarmin (Code 2430070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.