Country Canada RCM Les Etchemins Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 188.8 km² Local time Tuesday 9:47 PM | Region Chaudière-Appalaches Constituted April 18, 1990 Postal code(s) G0M 2C0 Population 1,751 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Saint-Zacharie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,913 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after oblate Zacharie Lacasse, a missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881.
Map of Saint-Zacharie, QC, Canada
Saint-Zacharie is located on the Canada–United States border and has a small border crossing for traffic coming from the United States, St. Zacharie Crossing.
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Saint-Zacharie, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA