Lac-Bouchette
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Bouchette.
Lac-Bouchette is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. The town is located on the eastern shore of the eponymous Bouchette Lake, along Quebec Route 155 and the Canadian National Railway.
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Lac-Bouchette | |
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Coordinates: 48°15′N 72°11′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
RCM | Le Domaine-du-Roy |
Settled | 1882 |
Constituted | September 25, 1971 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Benoît Gélinas |
• Federal riding | Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |
• Prov. riding | Roberval |
Area | |
• Total | 972.20 km2 (375.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 908.63 km2 (350.82 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,174 |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006–11) | 10.5% |
• Dwellings | 1,120 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | municipalites-du-quebec |
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In addition to Lac-Bouchette itself, the municipality also includes the population centres of Lac-des-Commissaires and Lizote.
The municipality and lake were named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette (1774-1841).