Country Canada RCM Lotbinière Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 109.9 km² Local time Tuesday 3:21 PM | Region Chaudière-Appalaches Constituted January 1, 1944 Postal code(s) G0S 1M0 Population 968 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Saint-Janvier-de-Joly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 889 as of 2009. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the seigneurie of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay.
Map of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, QC, Canada
The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known.
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Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA