Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Quebec (municipality)
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | |
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Municipality | |
![]() The church. | |
![]() Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°20′W / 46.267°N 70.333°WCoordinates: 46°16′N 70°20′W / 46.267°N 70.333°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Etchemins |
Constituted | March 17, 1923 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Suzanne C. Guenette |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
• Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
Area | |
• Total | 118.50 km2 (45.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 117.90 km2 (45.52 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 421 |
• Density | 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 206 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0R 2L0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www.st-louis degonzague.qc.ca |
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 421 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It lies on the Canada–United States border.
Name[]
The origin of the name of the municipality is subject to debate and three versions are possible. It seems that settlers would have liked to name their parish Saint-Louis, but it was refused due to possible confusion with Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska (now part of Kamouraska, Quebec). Monsignor Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau then suggested to name it Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, following saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
Another version would be that Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin would have wanted to honour his patron saint, Aloysius Gonzaga.
Lastly, it could also have been to honour Louis-Philippe Pelletier, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Dorchester.
Post Office[]
The municipality's post office is named Ravignan, after French Jesuit Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan, who was a preacher at Notre-Dame de Paris.
References[]
- ^ Reference number 57123 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b Geographic code 28035 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ a b "(Code 2428035) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Municipalities in Quebec
- Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches