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Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague,_Chaudière-Appalaches,_Quebec Latitude and Longitude:
46°16′N 70°20′W / 46.267°N 70.333°W / 46.267; -70.333
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For the parish municipality, see Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Montérégie, Quebec.

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Municipality
The church.
The church.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°20′W / 46.267°N 70.333°W / 46.267; -70.333 [1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Etchemins
ConstitutedMarch 17, 1923
Government
[2]
 • MayorSuzanne C. Guenette
 •  Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse
 •  Prov. riding Bellechasse
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total118.50 km2 (45.75 sq mi)
 • Land118.02 km2 (45.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [3]
 • Total374
 • Density3.2/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Decrease 11.2%
 • Dwellings
232
Time zone UTC−5 ( EST)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC−4 ( EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 2L0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways R-277
Website www.st-louis
degonzague.qc.ca

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 374 as of the Canada 2016 Census. It lies on the Canada–United States border.

Name

The origin of the name of the municipality is subject to debate and three versions are possible. It seems that settlers would have liked to name their parish Saint-Louis, but it was refused due to possible confusion with Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska (now part of Kamouraska, Quebec). Monsignor Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau then suggested to name it Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, following saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

Another version would be that Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin would have wanted to honour his patron saint, Aloysius Gonzaga.

Lastly, it could also have been to honour Louis-Philippe Pelletier, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Dorchester.

Post Office

The municipality's post office is named Ravignan, after French Jesuit Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan, who was a preacher at Notre-Dame de Paris.

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57123". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". 8 February 2017.



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