Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in

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. It is part of the

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region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009. Member of the

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, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of

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'' 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

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References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

Église Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly

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