Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly () is a municipality in the
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It is part of the
Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,682 as of 2021.
A member of the
Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of
New France
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. The ''
seigneurie'' of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly and became the ''seigneurie'' of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name.
Saint-Antoine is named in honour of
St. Anthony of Padua.
History
In 1672, The territory of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was given to a lieutenant of the Carignan regiment, Claude-Sébastien de Villieu, by the intendant
Jean Talon. Later, The territory was sold to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur, sieur de Tilly. Under is ownership, in 1702, a parish was canonically erected and the territory took the name Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly. In 1759, the territory is the site of a battle during the
conquest of New France.
The municipality was officially created in 1855. In 1909, it lost a small section of its territory for the creation of
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d’Issoudun. Finally, in 1995, the status of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.
References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia