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L'Anse-Saint-Jean (), French for "The Cove of Saint John" is a
The village's citizens held a referendum on 21 January 1997, to turn the village into ''Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean'' (the kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy." The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on 24 June,
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Monarchy of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Populated places established in 1838 Municipalities in Quebec Micronations in Canada Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Populated places established in 1997 1838 establishments in Lower Canada {{Quebec-geo-stub
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
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region of Quebec
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, Canada. Its population was 1,301 in the Canada 2021 Census
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.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix
Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ...
which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization.
The village achieved some fame in 1997 when its citizens voted in a referendum to declare the village a "municipal monarchy" as the Kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean.
History
Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
The village's citizens held a referendum on 21 January 1997, to turn the village into ''Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean'' (the kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy." The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on 24 June, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (), also known in English as ''St John the Baptist Day'', is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was brought to Canada by French settlers celebrating the traditional feast day of the Na ...
, in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and announced plans to build a "vegetable oratory," Saint-Jean-du-Millénaire (Saint John of the Millennium).
This micronation
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al project was cheerfully conceded to be a way of boosting tourism
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in the region, which had been hit by the 1996 Saguenay Flood.
Denys I abdicated on 14 January 2000, bringing the purported kingdom to an end.
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Related articles
*Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for the ...
* Saint-Jean River, a watercourse
* Zec de la Rivière-Saint-Jean-du-Saguenay, a controlled harvesting zone (zec)
* Saint-Jean Bay, a bay
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Monarchy of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Populated places established in 1838 Municipalities in Quebec Micronations in Canada Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Populated places established in 1997 1838 establishments in Lower Canada {{Quebec-geo-stub