Sainte-Croix, Quebec

Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix.

Sainte-Croix
Municipality
Réserve écologique de Pointe-Platon
Location within Lotbinière RCM
Sainte-Croix
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°37′N 71°44′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedOctober 5, 2001
Government
 • MayorJacques Gauthier
 • Federal ridingLévis—Lotbinière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total72.40 km2 (27.95 sq mi)
 • Land69.54 km2 (26.85 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,352
 • Density33.8/km2 (88/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 1.6%
 • Dwellings
1,148
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2H0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Route 271
Websiteville-sainte-croix.ca

Name

Sainte-Croix name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (Holy Cross Flats in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called Pointe Platon ("Plato (or Flat) Point").

Economy

South Shore Furniture is based in Sainte-Croix and has a factory in the municipality.[4]

References
  1. Reference number 371517 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33102 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433102) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. Leduc, Gilbert (2010-05-26). "Meubles South Shore: survivre à une tempête parfaite". Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
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