Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin | |
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Downtown Saint-Robert-Bellarmin | |
Location within Le Granit RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.75°N 70.58°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeannot Lachance |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
• Total | 237.80 km2 (91.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 236.33 km2 (91.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 529 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 8% |
| • Dwellings | 237 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, located on the Canada–United States border. Population is 529 as of 2021.
It is also the location of the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project, an 80 MW project located 3 km East-South-East of the town.
The area had already been settled in 1907. The local economy revolves mostly around lumber, sugar bushes and the seasonal deer hunt. Many Bellarminois work in neighbouring Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
The municipality was named after Robert Bellarmine, an Italian Jesuit who participated actively in the Counter-Reformation.