Dosquet

Dosquet
Municipality
Route Saint-Joseph
Seal
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Dosquet Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°28′N 71°32′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	February 9, 1918
Government
• Mayor	Yvan Charest
• Federal riding	Lévis—Lotbinière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area
• Total	64.50 km2 (24.90 sq mi)
• Land	65.07 km2 (25.12 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)
• Total	935
• Density	14.4/km2 (37/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1%
• Dwellings	454
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1H0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-116 R-271
Website	www.municipalitedosquet.com

Dosquet (French pronunciation: [dɔskɛ]) is a municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 935 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Known officially until 1996 as Saint-Octave-de-Dosquet, the post office was named simply Dosquet in 1913, after Pierre-Herman Dosquet, fourth bishop of Quebec.

External links

• Media related to Dosquet at Wikimedia Commons
• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine