Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Quebec

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Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°39′N 70°48′W / 46.650°N 70.800°W / 46.650; -70.800[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Bellechasse
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Martin J. Côté
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Total	85.70 km2 (33.09 sq mi)
• Land	86.35 km2 (33.34 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,172
• Density	13.6/km2 (35/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.5%
• Dwellings	522
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 3J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-279

Saint-Lazare is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849 and is the seat of the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It was chosen as the seat over larger municipalities because it is in the geographical centre of the region.