La Durantaye
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
La Durantaye is located in Southern Quebec
La Durantaye
La Durantaye
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°50′N 70°51′W / 46.833°N 70.850°W / 46.833; -70.850[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedAugust 4, 1910
Named forOlivier Morel de La Durantaye[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean-Paul Lacroix
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total34.30 km2 (13.24 sq mi)
 • Land34.82 km2 (13.44 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total722
 • Density20.7/km2 (54/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 2.7%
 • Dwellings
355
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 1W0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-281
Websitewww.munladurantaye.qc.ca

La Durantaye is a parish municipality in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec.

The municipality had a population of 722 in the Canada 2011 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Durantaye had a population of 782 living in 339 of its 374 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 755. With a land area of 34.99 km2 (13.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.3/km2 (57.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 33402". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "La Durantaye, Quebec (Code 2419090) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.




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