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Lotbinière-Frontenac
Lotbinière-Frontenac is a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the entirety of Lotbinière Regional County Municipality and nearly all of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. It includes the municipalities of Thetford Mines, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles, Adstock, Laurier-Station, Sainte-Croix, East Broughton and Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine. It was created for the 2012 election This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *3–4 January: ... from parts of the former Lotbinière and Frontenac electoral districts; Saint-Fortunat was also taken from Richmond electoral district. Members of the National Assembly Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec
Saint-Sylvestre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 989 as of 2009. It is named after Pope Sylvester I. The Saint-Sylvestre "Miracles" In 1948-1949, the Bélanger family of Saint-Sylvestre found fame in performing "healing miracles." Visitors from Canada and the United States came to be cured by one of the four Bélanger children, aged 8 to 12. The children allegedly acquired healing powers after having seen their deceased sisters dressed like angels and escorted by the Holy Virgin. Visitors would leave money to the children for their curing deeds, and they received the support of Reverend Emile Bourassa, from neighbouring Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The priest of Saint-Sylvestre, Reverend Edmond Pelletier, preached against these "miracles" and in 1949, Archbishop Maurice Roy, in the name of the Archdiocese of Quebec, ruled the affair as a hoax. The Bél ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Croix, Quebec
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix. Name ''Sainte-Croix'' name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the '' seigneurie'' of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (''Holy Cross Flats'' in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr .... It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ... region and the population is 883 as of 2009. References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec Municipalities in Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,054 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Patrick, as the first settlers were Irish. Beaurivage is associated to the ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...'' of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles. References External linksCommission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Patrice-De-Beaurivage, Quebec Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Designated places in Quebec Lotbinière Regional County Municipality Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse Dionne, an early benefactor of the parish. Beaurivage is associated to the ''seigneurie'' of Beaurivage, also known as Saint-Gilles. History 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-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. Ten minutes earlier, they had robbed the ''caisse'' of Saint-Bernard, for a total of $26,000 that day. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Julien, Quebec
Saint-Julien is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 376 as of 2016. It is named after Julien-Melchior Bernier, the first reverend of the parish between 1856 and 1863. References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{authority control [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Joseph, father of Jesus, and the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort .... References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Joseph-De-Coleraine, Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009. First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario. Located at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, ..., in 1649. The former parish church was converted in 2014 to house Le Théâtre Bleu performance venue. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,079 as of 2021. It is named after reverend Janvier Lachance, missionary who will serve the parish from 1914 to 1926. "Joly" honours Quebec premier Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and owner of the ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...'' of Lotbinière, in which part of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly's territory lay. The post office, opened in 1924, is called Joly, name under which the municipality is most commonly known. References Commission de toponymie du Québec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References External links * {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 711 as of 2021. It is named after one of Jesus' apostles, James, son of Zebedee, and the city of Leeds, England. Sister city * Barmainville, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... References External links *Commission de toponymie du Québec {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Jacques-De-Leeds, Quebec [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gilles, Quebec
Saint-Gilles is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,910 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Name Saint-Gilles is named after the ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...'' of Saint-Gilles, of which it was part. It was granted in 1738 to Gilles Rageot de Beaurivage (1689-1754), an important merchant from Quebec. References {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Lotbinière Regional County Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |