Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Quebec

Notre-Dame-du-Portage
Municipality

Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Notre-Dame-du-Portage

Location in eastern Quebec

Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°37′W / 47.767°N 69.617°W / 47.767; -69.617Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°37′W / 47.767°N 69.617°W / 47.767; -69.617[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted July 19, 1856
Government[2]
  Mayor Louis Vadeboncoeur
  Federal riding Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
  Prov. riding Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area[2][3]
  Total 115.90 km2 (44.75 sq mi)
  Land 39.91 km2 (15.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,193
  Density 29.9/km2 (77/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.5%
  Dwellings 686
Postal code(s) G0L 1Y0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways
A-20 (TCH)

Route 132
Website www.municipalite.notre-dame-du-portage.qc.ca

Notre-Dame-du-Portage is a municipality[2] in the Canadian province of Quebec located at the edge of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It is part of the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and home to the Riviere-du-Loup Golf Club.

The Roman Catholic Church seen here was constructed in 1859.

Notre-Dame-du-Portage is a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec.

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