Disraeli, Quebec (city)
# Disraeli, Quebec (city)

The city of Disraeli is located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,570 as of 2009. It was named after British statesman and writer Benjamin Disraeli.

The city of Disraeli forms an enclave in the territory of the parish of Disraeli and the two are separate legal entities.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Disraeli had a population of 2,360 living in 1,226 of its 1,311 total private dwellings, a change of 1% from its 2016 population of 2,336. With a land area of 6.8 $km^2$ (2.6 sq mi), it had a population density of $347.1/km^2$ (898.9/sq mi) in 2021.

## Notable people

Henri Gagnon and Irène Marcotte, parents of Rene Gagnon, one of the six US Marines who raised the second American flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

