Country Canada RCM Le Granit Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 237.8 km² Province Québec | Region Estrie Constituted January 1, 1949 Postal code(s) G0M 2E0 Population 676 (2011) | |
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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.
Map of Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, QC, Canada
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
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA