Lac-Poulin | |
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![]() Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°06′N 70°49′W / 46.100°N 70.817°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
Constituted | March 5, 1959 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Drouin |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 1.60 km2 (0.62 sq mi) |
• Land | 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 171 |
• Density | 195.3/km2 (506/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 154 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Census profile | [1][3] |
MAMROT info | 29095[2] |
Toponymie info | 33285[1] |
Website | www |
Lac-Poulin is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
Lac-Poulin is named after the lake it surrounds (Poulin), which was named after the first settler Claude Poulin. The first settlers Claude Poulin (1614-1687), a carpenter, was born in St Maclou, Rouen, Normandie, France and his wife Jeanne Mercier (1621-1687) was born in Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Poulin is a common last name in the region. The village is mainly a summer vacation site.
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