Saint-Wenceslas, Quebec is a community

Community

The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...

 in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Nicolet-Yamaska is a Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Nicolet.-Communities:*Cities and Towns** Nicolet*Municipalities** Aston-Jonction** Baie-du-Febvre** Grand-Saint-Esprit...

, 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....

, Canada

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...

. The town is situated at a bend in the Bécancour River

Bécancour River

The Bécancour River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region...

. The northern branch of Autoroute 55

Quebec Autoroute 55

Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 (also called Autoroute de l'Énergie (North of the Autoroute 20) and Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier (South part) is an important north-south Autoroute and the only one running in that direction in central Quebec. It is the longest north-south Autoroute,...

 terminated at the 9e rang of Saint-Wenceslas until its completion in October 2006. Route 161

Quebec route 161

Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is east of the junction of Autoroute 55 in Saint-Wenceslas, and its southern terminus is at the border of Maine in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27.-Municipalities...

 also goes through the town.

The village church in Saint-Wenceslas was designed by Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois

Louis Bourgeois (architect)

Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois was a Canadian architect who is best known as the designer of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, USA....

, a local architect who also designed a Bahá'í House of Worship

Bahá'í House of Worship

A Bahá'í House of Worship, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár ,is the designation of a place of worship, or temple, of the Bahá'í Faith...

 in the town of Wilmette, USA.