Biencourt, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Biencourt is a municipality
in the Canadian
province of Quebec
, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality
. The municipality had a population of 596 in the Canada 2006 Census
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Canadian
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...
province of 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....
, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality
Témiscouata Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Témiscouata is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup, bordering New Brunswick, and is centred around Lake Témiscouata.Major industries include forestry, agriculture and maple syrup products....
. The municipality had a population of 596 in the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
.