Saint-Bernard, Quebec

Saint-Bernard (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɛʁnaʁ] ⓘ) is a municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.

Constituted in 1845, it is named after Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.

The municipality is located on scenic Route 171 in Beauce.

On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Bernard.

Ten minutes later, they robbed the caisse of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, for a total of $26,000 that day.