Saint-Tite-des-Caps is a

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, Canada. Located on Route 138 to

Baie-Saint-Paul Baie-Saint-Paul ( 2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is ...

, this road climbs up sharply to about to reach the town nestled in a valley. The Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River forms the municipal western boundary. The place is named after

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, companion of

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, whereas "''des-Caps''" indicates its position within the Capes Region, that stretches from Cape Tourmente to Baie-Saint-Paul.

History

In 1853, the mission was founded, that became the Parish of Saint-Tite-des-Caps in 1876 when it separated from

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. In 1866, its post office opened. In 1872, the Municipality of Saint-Tite-des-Caps was incorporated.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2011: 1506 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.6%) * Population in 2006: 1440 * Population in 2001: 1426 * Population in 1996: 1522 * Population in 1991: 1523 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 656 (total dwellings: 814) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

List of mayors

Mayors of Saint-Tite-des-Caps since incorporation: * Isaïe Ferland (1861-1862, 1873-1875, 1881-1882, 1885-1887) * Hypolitte Dessers (1862-1863) * Jean-Baptiste Jean (1863-1864) * Éloi Boucher (1864-1866) * Célestin Chevalier (1866-1868, 1872-1873) * Onézime Leblond (1868-1872, 1875-1877) * Alexandre Lavoie (1877-1878) * Alfred Leclair (1878-1880) * Napoléon Poulin (1880-1881) * Édouard Girard (1882-1885, 1887-1890, 1891-1893) * Jules Gagnon (1890-1891) * Auguste Lavoie (1893-1897) * Norbert Morency (1897-1914) * Wilfrid Labranche (1914-1916) * Ludger Leblond (1916-1917) * Joseph Gauthier (1917-1921) * Achille Lachance (1921-1931) * David Morency (1931-1935, 1937-1944) * Alfredo Leclerc (1935-1937) * Télesphore Duclos (1944-1949) * Ludger Duclos (1949-1958, 1964-1966) * Noël Drouin (1958-1961) * Albany Duclos (1961-1964) * Paul-Eugène Morency (1966-1967) * Roland Ferland (1967-1969) * Jean-Noël Fortin (1969-1971) * Paul Duchesne (1971-1975) * Léopold Ferland (1975-1984) * Huguette Filion Morency (1984-1987) * Jean-Claude Clouet (1987-1998) * Anne-Marie Guilbault (1998-2005) * Pierre Dion (2005-2013) * Majella Pichette (2013- )

References

External links

{{authority control Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale Municipalities in Quebec