Saint-Elzéar, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Saint-Elzéar is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce

La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Nouvelle-Beauce is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, in Chaudière-Appalaches, along the Chaudière River....

in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches

Chaudière-Appalaches

Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" |the electoral district of Beauce]]). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains....

region and the population is 1,875 as of 2009. Founded in 1855, it is named after Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay

Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay

Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneur, lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 1867 until his death....

, seigneur
Seigneurial system of New France
The seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...

of neighbouring Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce

Sainte-Marie, Quebec

-References:**- External links :*...

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.