Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the
Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It is part of the
Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009.
Member of the
Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of
New France
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. The ''
seigneurie'' of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly, and because the ''seigneurie'' of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name today.
Saint-Antoine is named in honour to
Catholic
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saint Anthony of Padua.
References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia