Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | |
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Downtown Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | |
Location within Bécancour RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°33′05″N 72°07′29″W / 46.55139°N 72.12472°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Bécancour |
| Constituted | May 23, 1990 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Baril |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
• Total | 51.59 km2 (19.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 36.51 km2 (14.10 sq mi) |
| • Water | 15.26 km2 (5.89 sq mi) 29.6% |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 906 |
| • Density | 24.8/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 0.3% |
| • Dwellings | 541 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-132 R-265 |
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [deʃajɔ̃ syʁ sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃], lit. 'Deschaillons on St. Lawrence') is a province of Québec municipality in Canada that is part of the regional county municipalities of Bécancour and the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec.
Overlooking the St. Lawrence River from the south shore, along Route 132, the municipality has just under one thousand inhabitants. Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is 55 kilometres east of Trois-Rivières and 85 kilometres west of Quebec City.
The inhabitants of this municipality are referred to as “Deschaillonnais” and “Deschaillonnaises.”
Deschaillons owes its name to Lord Pierre de Saint-Ours, who obtained from the King of France this concession located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Pierre de Saint-Ours was initially Lord of L’Échaillon, in the former province of Dolphiné in France, and he gave to this new lordship located in New France this derived name which is Deschaillons, to commemorate the memory of its ancestors, as well as this first seigneurial possession on French soil.