Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | |
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Coordinates: 46°29′N 71°40′W / 46.483°N 71.667°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | January 1, 1944 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bernard Fortier |
• Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 111.40 km2 (43.01 sq mi) |
• Land | 109.88 km2 (42.42 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,079 |
• Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 9.7% |
• Dwellings | 500 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www.municipalite dejoly.com |
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 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 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the seigneurie of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay.
The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known.