L'Anse-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]), French for "The Cove of Saint John" is a municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 1208 in the Canada 2011 Census.
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  L'Anse-Saint-Jean Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°14′N 70°12′W / 48.233°N 70.200°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| RCM | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay |
| Settled | 1839 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucien Martel |
| • Federal riding | Chicoutimi—Le Fjord |
| • Prov. riding | Dubuc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 530.20 km2 (204.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 512.57 km2 (197.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,208 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2006–11) |  11.0% |
| • Dwellings | 965 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization.
The village achieved some fame in 1997 when its citizens voted in a referendum to declare the village a "municipal monarchy" as the Kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean.
Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
editThe village's citizens held a referendum on January 21, 1997, to turn the village into Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean (the kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy."[4] The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and announced plans to build a "vegetable oratory," Saint-Jean-du-Millénaire (Saint John of the Millennium).[5]
This micronational project was cheerfully conceded to be a way of boosting tourism in the region, which had been hit by the 1996 Saguenay Flood.[6]
Denis I abdicated on 14 January 2000, bringing the purported kingdom to an end.[5][6]
Gallery
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View of the river -
View of the marina
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 135547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: L'Anse-Saint-Jean Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "L'Anse-Saint-Jean census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ Gardinetti, R. Georges; Vézina, Valérie (2021). "Anachronistic Progressivism: Advancing Sovereignty through Monarchy - The story of the Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean" (PDF). Transformations (35): 52–64.
- ^ a b "Monarchie de l'Anse-St-Jean". Grand Quebec.
- ^ a b Boulianne, Guy. "Le Royaume de l'Anse-Saint-Jean, la première monarchie en Amérique". Guy Boulianne.
Related articles
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- (in French) Monarchy of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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