Saint-Gédéon, Quebec
Saint-Gédéon | |
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 71°46′W / 48.500°N 71.767°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
RCM | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
Settled | 1863 |
Constituted | December 6, 1975 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Paul Boucher |
• Federal riding | Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |
• Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
Area | |
• Total | 82.80 km2 (31.97 sq mi) |
• Land | 63.52 km2 (24.53 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,001 |
• Density | 31.5/km2 (82/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 1,181 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-170 |
Website | www |
Saint-Gédéon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒedeɔ̃]) or Saint-Gédéon-de-Grandmont[citation needed] ([sɛ̃ ʒedeɔ̃ də ɡʁɑ̃mɔ̃]) is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est and the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. It is on the eastern shore of Lac Saint-Jean at the mouth of the Belle River.
Demographics
[edit]Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 2001 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.6%)
- Population in 2006: 2351
- Population in 2001: 2392
- Population in 1996: 1760
- Population in 1991: 1640
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 846 (total dwellings: 1181)
Mother tongue:[5]
- English as first language: 0.5%
- French as first language: 99.5%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Religion
[edit]According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Roman Catholicism had 1,845 adherents[6] in the municipality in 2001, with more than 96% of the population concentrated in one parish, Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. There were 55 atheists[6] (3%), and 15 Protestants[6] (1%). Residents of Saint-Gédéon belonging to other religions represented less than 1% of the population.
There is a Roman Catholic cemetery, cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. Saint-Gédéon has a permanent deacon, Daniel Audy, M.A., who was ordained by Mgr Couture, on June 7, 1991 of the feast day of the Sacred Heart.
Culture
[edit]Louis Hémon wrote the first draft of Maria Chapdelaine while staying in Saint-Gédéon in 1912.
Transportation
[edit]The Blueberry Cycling Route (La véloroute des Bleuets in French), part of the Route Verte, goes through Saint-Gédéon.
Images
[edit]- Charles-Eugène-Couture Bridge (Route 170) over the Belle Rivière
- Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72560". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Gédéon Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Saint-Gédéon census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Saint-Gédéon community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ^ a b c "Institut de la statistique du Québec - Population totale selon les confessions les plus importantes - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 2001" (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
Bibliography
[edit]French
[edit]- Christine Côté, Louanges d'un siècle, St-Gédéon: Paroisse Saint-Antoine, 1984, 94 pages
- Johanne Laberge et collaborateurs, Itinéraire toponymique du Saguenay Lac St-Jean , Commission de toponymie du Québec, 1983, 101 pages
- René Raymond, Pédologie de la région du Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec : Ministère de l'agriculture et de la colonisation, Division des sols, 1965, 157 pages
- Mère Sainte-Hélène, N.D.B.C., Saint-Gédéon de Grandmont célèbre son centenaire, 1864-1964, Saint-Gédéon, 1964, 184 pages
- Victor Tremblay, « Saint-Gédéon », Saguenayensia Volume 6, numéro 3, mai-juin 1964, page 64
- Girard, Camil; Perron, Normand (1979). Histoire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (in French). Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture. ISBN 2-89224-126-X..
- Bouchard, Russel (1988). Le Pays du Lac-Saint-Jean : esquisse historique de la colonisation (in French). ISBN 2-9800373-8-9.