La Durantaye, Quebec

La Durantaye
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
La Durantaye is located in Southern Quebec
La Durantaye
La Durantaye
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°50′N 70°51′W / 46.833°N 70.850°W / 46.833; -70.850[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedAugust 4, 1910
Named afterOlivier Morel de La Durantaye[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorYvon Dumont
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
34.30 km2 (13.24 sq mi)
 • Land34.99 km2 (13.51 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
782
 • Density22.3/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 3.6%
 • Dwellings
374
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 1W0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-281
Websitewww.munladurantaye.qc.ca

La Durantaye is a parish municipality in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec.

The municipality had a population of 782 in the Canada 2021 Census.

History

The municipality, along with Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse and Saint-Vallier, is located on the territory of the former fief of La Durantaye, granted in 1672 by Governor Frontenac to Olivier Morel de La Durantaye, then captain of the Carignan-Salières Regiment.[4] The municipality was officially created in 1913 under the name of Saint-Gabriel-Archange. Three years later, the name was changed to La Durantaye.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Durantaye had a population of 782 living in 339 of its 374 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 755. With a land area of 34.99 km2 (13.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.3/km2 (57.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 33402". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=La%20Durantaye&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052419090&HEADERlist=0
  4. ^ https://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=La_Durantaye_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_paroisse%29
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.