Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, Quebec

Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.750°N 70.583°WCoordinates: 45°45′N 70°35′W / 45.750°N 70.583°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	January 1, 1949
Government[2]
• Mayor	Jeannot Lachance
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
• Total	237.80 km^2 (91.82 sq mi)
• Land	237.26 km^2 (91.61 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	676
• Density	2.8/km^2 (7/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.8%
• Dwellings	253
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0M 2E0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-robert bellarmin.qc.ca

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 645 as of 2006.

It is also the location of the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project, an 80MW 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.

References

1. Reference number 57579 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 30070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2430070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire