Sainte-Françoise, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec

Not to be confused with Sainte-Françoise, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

Sainte-Françoise

Municipality

Location within Bécancour RCM.

Sainte-Françoise

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°59′W﻿ / ﻿46.450°N 71.983°W﻿ / 46.450; -71.983[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Centre-du-Québec
RCM| Bécancour
Constituted| January 1, 1947
Government

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• Mayor| Mario Lyonnais
• Federal riding| Bas-Richelieu—
Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding| Nicolet-Bécancour
Area

[2][3]

• Total

| 87.30 km2 (33.71 sq mi)
• Land| 86.99 km2 (33.59 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[3]

• Total

| 479
• Density| 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011

|  1.7%
• Dwellings

| 226
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

G0S 2N0

Area code| 819
Highways|  R-265
Website| www.visitedeferme
educative.com

Sainte-Françoise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t fʁɑ̃swaz]) is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56175". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 38035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b "Sainte-Françoise, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec (Code 2438035) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Fortierville |  | Leclercville

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Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard |

Sainte-Françoise

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Manseau |  | Villeroy

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Subdivisions of Bécancour Regional County Municipality

Cities|

* Bécancour

Municipalities|

* Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent
* Fortierville
* Lemieux
* Manseau
* Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
* Saint-Sylvère
* Sainte-Françoise
* Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford

Parishes|

* Parisville
* Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard
* Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard

* Regional County Municipalities in Centre-du-Québec:
Arthabaska
* Bécancour
* Drummond
* L'Érable
* Nicolet-Yamaska

* Native Reserves: Odanak
* Wôlinak

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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