Desbiens (French pronunciation: [debjɛ̃]) is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality.
It is on the shores of Lac Saint-Jean at the mouth of the Métabetchouane River.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Desbiens had a population of 995 living in 475 of its 523 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,028.
With a land area of 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi), it had a population density of 95.8/km2 (248.0/sq mi) in 2021.
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