Saint-Anicet
Saint-Anicet | |
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Municipality | |
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Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM Location within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM |
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Location in southern Quebec | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government[2][3] | |
• Mayor | Alain Castagner |
• Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry |
• Prov. riding | Huntingdon |
Area[2][4] | |
• Total | 180.20 km2 (69.58 sq mi) |
• Land | 135.16 km2 (52.19 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 2,523 |
• Density | 18.7/km2 (48/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,965 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J0S 1M0 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www.municipalite- saint-anicet.qc.ca |
Saint-Anicet is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,523.
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Geography
Saint-Anicet is located in the southwestern Montérégie region of Quebec, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Communities
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Cazaville (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet in the southern portion of the municipality on Route 132.
- Plage-Somerville (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet located on Baie de Somerville in the Saint Lawrence River.
- Pointe-Leblanc (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet located along the Saint Lawrence River.
- Port Lewis (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a hamlet located along the Saint Lawrence River on Route 132.
Lakes & Rivers
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Rivière La Guerre (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – runs in a southeast to northwest direction to the Saint Lawrence River.
Demographics
Population
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue Language - Saint-Anicet, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total |
French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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2,525
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2,040 | ![]() |
80.79% | 395 | ![]() |
15.64% | 40 | ![]() |
1.58% | 50 | ![]() |
1.98% | |||||
2006
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2,715
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2,250 | ![]() |
82.87% | 310 | ![]() |
11.42% | 45 | ![]() |
1.66% | 110 | ![]() |
4.05% | |||||
2001
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2,590
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2,060 | ![]() |
79.54% | 355 | ![]() |
13.71% | 80 | ![]() |
3.09% | 95 | ![]() |
3.67% | |||||
1996
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2,520
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2,005 | n/a | 79.56% | 450 | n/a | 17.86% | 30 | n/a | 1.19% | 35 | n/a | 1.39% |
Historic site and museum
In the south of Saint-Anicet the Tsiionhiakwatha/Droulers archaeological site interpretation center was opened on May 15, 2010. It is where the most important Iroquoian village in Quebec lies. Circa 1450, approximately 500 St.Lawrence Iroquoians established a village near the La Guerre River.[8]
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha was designated a Site du patrimoine constitué under provincial legislation in 2005,[9] and a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007.[10]
See also
External links
- Virtual Museum of Canada, The St. Lawrence Iroquoians — virtual exhibit about the St. Lawrence Iroquoian people, based on the archaeological excavations at the Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha site.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reference number 55616 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Anicet
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BEAUHARNOIS--SALABERRY (Quebec)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Anicet, Quebec Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Tsiionhiakwatha/Droulers Archaeological Site Interpretation Centre
- ↑ Site archéologique Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ↑ Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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