Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in

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. 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

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, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the '' seigneurie'' of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the

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at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (''Holy Cross Flats'' in English), at the mouth of the

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. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called ''Pointe Platon'' ("Plato (or Flat) Point").

Economy

South Shore Furniture is based in Sainte-Croix and has a factory in the municipality.

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Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Lotbinière Regional County Municipality