Sainte-Marie () is a city in the province of

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, Canada. It is the seat of

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, in Chaudière-Appalaches,

, Canada. It had a population was 13,134 as of the

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, when 95.7% was French-speaking. It is located south-east of

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, on the

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History

The '' seigneurie'' of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce was granted to Thomas-Jacques Taschereau in 1736. He chose the name in honour of his wife, Marie-Claire de Fleury de La Gorgendière. The religious parish was founded in 1737 and the municipality in 1845. The territory of Sainte-Marie was divided on several occasions, as population increased, in order to found neighbouring communities: Saint-Bernard, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Maxime-de-Scott (now Scott), Sainte-Marguerite, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Sylvestre, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Séverin, Saints-Anges, and Vallée-Jonction. In 1913, the territory was split again, following the detachment of the village (urban part of the territory) from the parish municipality (rural part). In 1958, the village was constituted as a city and in 1959, Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce was renamed as Sainte-Marie. In 1978, the city and the parish municipality governments amalgamated.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Sainte-Marie 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.

Sister cities

* Pont-du-Château,

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, France

Notable people

Marius Barbeau Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadians, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthr ...

, ethnographer * Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, Canadian politician *

Ernest Savard J. S. Ernest Savard (April 17, 1896 – March 12, 1971) was a Canadian businessman. He was a stockbroker and a partner at the brokerage firm of Savard & Hart in Montreal, Quebec. He was also an owner of the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Royals s ...

, hockey executive, head coach, general manager (

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) * Nycole Turmel, Canadian politician * Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay, Canadian politician * Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau, Quebec politician * Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, clergyman * Henri Elzéar Taschereau, lawyer * Jean-Thomas Taschereau, lawyer * Joseph-André Taschereau, judge * Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian politician * Thomas Linière Taschereau, Canadian politician * Mario Gosselin,

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driver * Thomas Chabot, ice hockey defenceman for the

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’s

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References

External links

* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec