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Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain () is a municipality of 482 people in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the regional county.

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Settlement.name: Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Rang_Ste_Elizabeth_Sud_005.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Agricultural zone, Rang Ste-Elisabeth
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.shield_size: 100x90px
Settlement.image_map: Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Les Chenaux RCM
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Central Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_label: St-Prosper-de-Champlain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in central Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mauricie
Settlement.subdivision_type3: RCM
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Les Chenaux

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History
Geography
Demographics
Population
Language
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==History== left|thumb|Rue Principale, 1940 The area opened up for colonization in the middle of the 19th century, and in 1850 the Parish of Saint-Prosper was established out of the territories of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. It was named after Prosper of Aquitaine possibly by Bishop Joseph Signay who wanted to emphasize the "prosperity" of the first settlers, who were poor but brave. In 1853, its post office opened, and two years later, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Prosper was formed, with Augustin Massicotte as first mayor.