Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne

Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°41′W / 46.367°N 70.683°W / 46.367; -70.683
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Named afterPierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England
Government
  MayorAndré Labbé
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
  Total
130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi)
  Land130.61 km2 (50.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
1,407
  Density10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)
  Pop 2016-2021
2.4%
  Dwellings
604
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-275
R-276
Websitesaint-odilon.qc.ca

Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a municipality in Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,407 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, the first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne, a village in Dorset, England.