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Saint-Gédéon, Quebec

December 03, 2023

Not to be confused with Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec or the former Saint-Gédéon parish municipality that merged with it.

Saint-Gédéon or Saint-Gédéon-de-Grandmont[citation needed] 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.

Saint-Gédéon
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Saint-Gédéon
Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates: 48°30′N 71°46′W / 48.500°N 71.767°W / 48.500; -71.767[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCMLac-Saint-Jean-Est
Settled1863
ConstitutedDecember 6, 1975
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean-Paul Boucher
 • Federal ridingRoberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
 • Prov. ridingLac-Saint-Jean
Area
[2][3]
 • Total82.80 km2 (31.97 sq mi)
 • Land63.52 km2 (24.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,001
 • Density31.5/km2 (82/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.6%
 • Dwellings
1,181
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0W 2P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-170
Websitewww.st-gedeon.qc.ca

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

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72560". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Gédéon 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Gédéon census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ^ "Saint-Gédéon community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  6. ^ 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.
  • Commission de toponymie du Québec

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.

External links edit

 
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