Péribonka
Sign in to savePéribonka is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality. It is situated at the mouth of the Peribonka River where it forms a bay on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Péribonka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Péribonka vu de la rivière.jpg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.motto
- Tes charmes me seduisent("Your charms seduce me")
- Settlement.image_map
- Carte MRC Maria-Chapdelaine - Péribonka.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maria-Chapdelaine
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1888
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 19 September 1908
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Péribonka
- Demonym
- Péribonkoise
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Maria-Chapdelaine
- Population
- +535
- Area
- +129.10
- Shares border with
- Sainte-Monique
- Official website
- www.peribonka.ca
- Image
- Église de Péribonka.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Population
- Notable people
- References
Péribonka is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality. It is situated at the mouth of the Peribonka River where it forms a bay on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean.
Louis Hémon (1880-1913), a French writer, spent several months in Péribonka in 1912 during which he prepared the notes for his famous novel, Maria Chapdelaine.