Saint-Zacharie, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
46°08′N 70°22′W / 46.133°N 70.367°W / 46.133; -70.367[1] (2021)[3]
Saint-Zacharie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,684 as of 2021. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after oblate Zacharie Lacasse, a missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881.
Saint-Zacharie is located on the Canada–United States border and has a small border crossing for traffic coming from the United States, St. Zacharie Crossing.
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57783". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28005". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
- Canada Border Services Agency
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Archived 2009-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- v
- t
- e
Subdivisions of Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality
- Lac-Etchemin
- Saint-Benjamin
- Sainte-Aurélie
- Sainte-Justine
- Sainte-Rose-de-Watford
- Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
- Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse
- Saint-Magloire
- Saint-Prosper
- Saint-Zacharie
- Saint-Camille-de-Lellis
- Saint-Cyprien
- Sainte-Sabine
- Regional County Municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches:
Beauce-Sartigan - Bellechasse
- La Nouvelle-Beauce
- Les Appalaches
- Les Etchemins
- L'Islet
- Lotbinière
- Montmagny
- Robert-Cliche
- Independent Cities: Lévis