Boischatel
Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
Boischatel | |
|---|---|
Montmorency Falls | |
| Motto: Labeur et Courage | |
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM | |
Boischatel Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°54′N 71°09′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Constituted | April 3, 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benoit Bouchard |
| • Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
| • Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 20.36 km2 (7.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 8,957 |
| • Density | 404.3/km2 (1,047/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 3,128 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0A 1H0 |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-138 R-360 |
| Website | www |
The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of Niagara Falls.
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