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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,682 as of 2021.
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |
 Seal | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W / 46.667°N 71.583°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Richard Bellemare |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.60 km2 (23.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.95 km2 (23.15 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,682 |
| • Density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.3% |
| • Dwellings | 853 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132  R-273 |
| Website | www.saintantoine detilly.com |
A member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of New France. The seigneurie of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly and became the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name.
Saint-Antoine is named in honour of St. Anthony of Padua.
History
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In 1672, The territory of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was given to a lieutenant of the Carignan regiment, Claude-Sébastien de Villieu, by the intendant Jean Talon. Later, The territory was sold to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur, sieur de Tilly. Under is ownership, in 1702, a parish was canonically erected and the territory took the name Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly. In 1759, the territory is the site of a battle during the conquest of New France.
The municipality was officially created in 1855. In 1909, it lost a small section of its territory for the creation of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d’Issoudun. Finally, in 1995, the status of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 293429". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33095". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DAntoine%2Dde%2Dtilly&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433095&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire