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.
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | |
|---|---|
 The church. | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
  Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°20′W / 46.267°N 70.333°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Etchemins |
| Constituted | March 17, 1923 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Suzanne C. Guenette |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
• Total | 118.50 km2 (45.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 118.02 km2 (45.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 374 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  11.2% |
| • Dwellings | 232 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-277 |
| Website | www.st-louis degonzague.qc.ca |
Name
editThe 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
editThe municipality's post office is named Ravignan, after French Jesuit Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan, who was a preacher at Notre-Dame de Paris.
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57123". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ 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.