Saint-Urbain () is a parish municipality located in the

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, in

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region,

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. The municipality lies along Route 381 at the intersection with Route 138.

History

In the late 18th century, the

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encouraged settlers to settle in the highlands of the area. Although the name Saint-Urbain was already in use since 1815, the parish was not canonically erected until 1827 and civilly in 1835. The parish, also called Saint-Urbain-de-Beaupré, was named in honour of Urbain Boiret (1731–1774), superior of the seminary in 1762. By 1830, the place has about 300 people in 50 families. In 1845, the Municipality of St. Urbain was created, but dissolved two years later. On July 1, 1855, it was reestablished as a parish municipality. In 1872, the Saint-Urbain Post Office opened (renamed to Saint-Urbain-de-Charlevoix in 1876). Saint-Urbain was one of the localities affected by the 1870 Charlevoix earthquake and

1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake The 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake struck northeastern North America on February 28, reaching 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale. It was one of the most powerful measured in Canada in the 20th century, with a maximum perceived intensity ...

. On June 13, 1952, a fire destroyed 52 homes and businesses, or more than two-thirds of the village of Saint-Urbain, leaving more than 350 people homeless.

Geography

The town is situated in the rugged landscape of the

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, in the valley of the Gouffre River surrounded by high peaks. Other rivers that flow through the municipality included: *

Rivière du Gouffre Sud-Ouest The Rivière du Gouffre Sud-Ouest (''English: South-West Pit Cave River'') is a tributary of the eastern bank of the intermediate part of the Rivière du Gouffre, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba and the municipality of Saint ...

Le Petit Bras (Le Gros Bras tributary) Le Petit Bras is a tributary of the southwest bank of the lower part of the watercourse Le Gros Bras, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, ...

* Rivière des Monts * Le Gros Bras *

Remy River The Rémy River is a tributary of the west bank of the lower part of the rivière du Gouffre, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain, Quebec, Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capita ...

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Saint-Urbain had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 0.8% * French as first language: 98.9% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0.4%

Education

Centre de services scolaires de Charlevoix operates francophone public schools: * École Valléemont The

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operates anglophone public schools serving the community at the secondary level, including: * St. Patrick's High School in

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https://www.cqsb.qc.ca/en/st-patrick-high-school

Media

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: *

CIMT-DT CIMT-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the French-language network TVA. Owned by Télé Inter-Rives, it is part of a twinstick with Noovo affiliate CFTF-DT (channel 29). The two sta ...

* CKRT-DT

Notable people

* Onésime Gauthier (1834-1886), a Canadian politician * Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (1879–1962), a Canadian politician * Alice Vinette / Sister Marie-Jocelyne (1894-1989), composer

References

External links

* {{authority control Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale