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Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 711 as of 2021. It is named after one of Jesus' apostles, James, son of Zebedee, and the city of Leeds, England.
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds | |
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 Aerial view of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds | |
 Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
St-Jacques-de-Leeds Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°17′N 71°21′W / 46.283°N 71.350°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Constituted | September 23, 1929 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Philippe Chabot |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 83.20 km2 (32.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 80.56 km2 (31.10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 711 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  3.8% |
| • Dwellings | 357 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-269  R-271 |
| Website | www |
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56797". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31140". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- Media related to Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds at Wikimedia Commons
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
