Notre-Dame-des-Monts () is a municipality of

Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality Charlevoix-Est () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont. Subdivisions There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Clermont * La Malbaie ;Municipalities ...

, in the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

region of

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, Canada.

History

The municipality was founded on April 11, 1935, under the name of ''canton de Sales'', named after the

geographic township The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the co ...

that was proclaimed in 1868 and which was named in turn after the De Sales Laterrière family. In 1947, the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Monts was canonically erected, and the municipality took its name the following year and changed status from township to municipality.

Geography

As its name suggests, the territory of the municipality is dotted with mountains, which are considered among the highest in the southern

Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield ( ), also called the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), th ...

. Its main peaks, which are part of the Laurentian massif, include La Noyée, Montagne du Petit Lac, Montagne de Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The

Rivière du Gouffre The rivière du Gouffre (''English: Pit Cave River'') is a tributary of the left bank of the Saint-Laurent river, flowing into the Capitale-Nationale administrative region, Quebec (Canada). This watercourse flows through Regional County Municipa ...

forms its western boundary. It has an area of . From the village, a series of mountains resembling a woman lying on her back is visible. The name given to this series of mountains is “La Noyée”. Regional legend says it is the profile of an Indian girl lying on her back, who drowned after being denied marrying her lover.

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 337 (total dwellings: 376)

Language

Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Government

List of former mayors: * Joseph Girard (1935–1937, 1941–1945) * Lucien Simard (1937–1941, 1949–1952) * Louis Guay (1945–1949) * Thomas Louis Gaudreault (1952–1955) * Henri Jean (1955–1961) * Wilfrid Tremblay (1961–1967) * François Lavoie (1967–1971) * Alfred Simard (1971–1981) * Charles Joseph Tremblay (1981–1985) * Hilaire Girard (1985–1989) * Jean Claude Simard (1989–2013) * Mélissa Girard (2013–2017) * Alexandre Girard (2017–present)

References

External links

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