Bécancour, Quebec
Bécancour (French pronunciation: [bekɑ̃kuʁ]) is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.
Bécancour | |
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Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Vivre et grandir ("To live and to grow") | |
Location within Bécancour RCM. | |
Bécancour Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′N 72°26′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Bécancour |
| Constituted | October 17, 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucie Allard |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 494.60 km2 (190.97 sq mi) |
| • Land | 440.74 km2 (170.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 12,438 |
| • Density | 28.2/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 13.3% |
| • Dwellings | 5,667 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G9H |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways A-30 A-55 | R-132 R-226 R-261 |
| Website | www |
Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is an enclave within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from Norridgewock, Maine (formerly Acadia) in the aftermath of Father Rale's War.
There was a small migration of Acadians to the village (1759), after the British began the Expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritimes. Specifically, the Acadians migrated from present-day New Brunswick to avoid being killed or captured in the St. John River Campaign.
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