Disraeli, Quebec (city)

Disraeli
City
Sainte-Luce church.
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Disraeli Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°54′N 71°21′W / 45.900°N 71.350°W / 45.900; -71.350[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Constituted	November 19, 1904
Government [2]
• Mayor	André Rodrigue
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	8.20 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
• Land	6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	2,502
• Density	362.1/km2 (938/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	2.4%
• Dwellings	1,280
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1E0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-112 R-263
Website	www.villededisraeli.com

The city of Disraeli is located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,570 as of 2009. It was named after British statesman and writer Benjamin Disraeli.

The city of Disraeli forms an enclave in the territory of the parish of Disraeli and the two are separate legal entities.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Disraeli had a population of 2,360 living in 1,226 of its 1,311 total private dwellings, a change of 1% from its 2016 population of 2,336. With a land area of 6.8 km² (2.6 sq mi), it had a population density of 347.1/km² (898.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Notable people

Henri Gagnon and Irène Marcotte, parents of Rene Gagnon, one of the six US Marines who raised the second American flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 03:16