This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of

parish municipality A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an ''ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is ...

(''paroisse'', code=P), an

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defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. The '' Commission de toponymie du Québec'' describes a parish municipality (''municipalité de paroisse'') as "the territory of a

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(in the religious sense) established as a municipality

Many of these remain from the days in which the

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served as an effective governmental structure in areas without established secular municipal government. In most cases, these are rural, sparsely inhabited areas; in a few cases (such as

Notre-Dame-des-Anges Notre-Dame-des-Anges is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, home of the General Hospital of Quebec. Enclaved within the territory of Quebec City, this unusual municipality had a population of 241 and measures only 6 hectares (15 acres) in ...

and

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 0. It is a relic of the seigneurial system of New France. Geography Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is a ...

), they are divisions created originally to give special municipal independence to certain church installations.

Parish municipalities

External links

MAMH Répertoire des municipalités
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* Parish municipalities in Quebec, List of