Explore Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
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| Place | Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière |
| Type | Post Office |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Françoise; Bécancour |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.448333 |
| Longitude | -71.981111 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G6L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMBHP |
Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière is a post office in Sainte-Françoise; Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière is located at 46.4483°N, 71.9811°W.
Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière rests upon a quiet expanse of land defined by the rising elevation of the Coteau Normandin, where the horizon holds a stillness that lingers long after the sun dips below the fields. It lies 31.1 km south-west of Donnacona, QC (from Donnacona, QC: bearing 217°T), and is situated 15.9 km south-east of Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and damp cedar, a crisp clarity that marks the transition between the rolling inland ridges and the distant, unseen pull of the great river valleys. To the west, the Bras du Nord de la Rivière aux Ormes winds through the low-lying hollows, its path marking a boundary for the local woods and pastures. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape shifts toward the deeper quiet of the Réserve écologique Lionel-Cinq-Mars, while the waters of Lac Georges and the descent of Les Quatre Chutes offer hidden recesses tucked into the broader geography of the region. The history of Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière persists in the sturdy lines of its older farmsteads, where the local economy maintains a steady focus on the productivity of the soil and the legacy of agricultural stewardship. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons, with a collective attention directed toward the harvest and the maintenance of the homesteads that define the perimeter of the village. The people carry a reserve that matches the land, preferring the substance of work and the continuity of tradition over the haste of modern life. Even as the hours lengthen toward dusk, the faint, persistent stillness of the surrounding terrain ensures that the character of the place remains fixed, grounded in the simple, enduring reality of the earth itself.
Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière s'étend sur des terres où la lumière du soir semble s'attarder avec une patience infinie sur les sillons labourés et les granges aux toits métalliques. À proximité de Coteau Normandin, le sol révèle une humeur changeante, oscillant entre la rigueur des hivers et la douceur obstinée d'une terre agricole travaillée par des mains qui connaissent la valeur du silence. Le Bras du Nord de la Rivière aux Ormes serpente à six kilomètres, traçant une ligne fluide dans une géographie qui refuse de se laisser dompter par la vitesse du monde moderne. Plus loin, le Lac Georges et Les Quatre Chutes ponctuent ce paysage d'une présence minérale et aquatique, tandis que la Réserve écologique Lionel-Cinq-Mars protège le souffle sauvage de la flore locale. Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière cultive une identité forgée dans la persévérance des familles qui, depuis des générations, maintiennent le rythme des récoltes et la solidité des structures rurales. L'air y possède une texture particulière, chargé d'humidité végétale et de cette odeur de terre retournée qui lie les vivants à leur héritage. Chaque habitant porte en soi la mémoire des travaux champêtres, une quotidienneté qui se déploie sans artifice dans le calme des plateaux laurentiens, loin du tumulte, sous un ciel immense qui surplombe les plaines avec une gravité tranquille.
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Explore Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.448333, -71.981111. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière includes the postal code (G6L), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |