Saint-Benoît-Labre

Also known as Saint-Benoit-Labre

Saint-Benoît-Labre () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,617 as of 2021. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre.

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Settlement.name: Saint-Benoît-Labre
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Chemin vers Saint Georges de Beauce - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Saint-Benoît-Labre Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Southern Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in southern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chaudière-Appalaches
Settlement.subdivision_type3

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In 2001 a group of Cistercian nuns moved from Saint-Romuald, Quebec to a newly constructed Bon Conseil Abbey () in Saint-Benoît-Labre, where they make chocolate.