Saint-Tite-des-Caps
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
47°08′N 70°46′W / 47.133°N 70.767°W / 47.133; -70.767[1]—Haute-Côte-Nord
(2011)[3]
4.6%
R-138 
R-360
Saint-Tite-des-Caps is a municipality in La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. Located on Route 138 to Baie-Saint-Paul, this road climbs up sharply to about 700 meters (2,300 ft) to reach the town nestled in a valley. The Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River forms the municipal western boundary.
The place is named after Titus, companion of Saint Paul, whereas "des-Caps" indicates its position within the Capes Region, that stretches from Cape Tourmente to Baie-Saint-Paul.[1]
History
In 1853, the mission was founded, that became the Parish of Saint-Tite-des-Caps in 1876 when it separated from Saint-Joachim. In 1866, its post office opened. In 1872, the Municipality of Saint-Tite-des-Caps was incorporated.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 1506 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.6%)
- Population in 2006: 1440
- Population in 2001: 1426
- Population in 1996: 1522
- Population in 1991: 1523
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 656 (total dwellings: 814)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 100%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
List of mayors
Mayors of Saint-Tite-des-Caps since incorporation:[5]
- Isaïe Ferland (1861-1862, 1873-1875, 1881-1882, 1885-1887)
- Hypolitte Dessers (1862-1863)
- Jean-Baptiste Jean (1863-1864)
- Éloi Boucher (1864-1866)
- Célestin Chevalier (1866-1868, 1872-1873)
- Onézime Leblond (1868-1872, 1875-1877)
- Alexandre Lavoie (1877-1878)
- Alfred Leclair (1878-1880)
- Napoléon Poulin (1880-1881)
- Édouard Girard (1882-1885, 1887-1890, 1891-1893)
- Jules Gagnon (1890-1891)
- Auguste Lavoie (1893-1897)
- Norbert Morency (1897-1914)
- Wilfrid Labranche (1914-1916)
- Ludger Leblond (1916-1917)
- Joseph Gauthier (1917-1921)
- Achille Lachance (1921-1931)
- David Morency (1931-1935, 1937-1944)
- Alfredo Leclerc (1935-1937)
- Télesphore Duclos (1944-1949)
- Ludger Duclos (1949-1958, 1964-1966)
- Noël Drouin (1958-1961)
- Albany Duclos (1961-1964)
- Paul-Eugène Morency (1966-1967)
- Roland Ferland (1967-1969)
- Jean-Noël Fortin (1969-1971)
- Paul Duchesne (1971-1975)
- Léopold Ferland (1975-1984)
- Huguette Filion Morency (1984-1987)
- Jean-Claude Clouet (1987-1998)
- Anne-Marie Guilbault (1998-2005)
- Pierre Dion (2005-2013)
- Majella Pichette (2013- )
See also
- La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
- Lombrette River
- Rivière des Chenaux
- Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré)
- List of municipalities in Quebec
References
- ^ a b c "Saint-Tite-des-Caps (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Tite-des-Caps Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Tite-des-Caps census profile
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Conseil Municipal" (in French). Municipalité de Saint-Tite-des-Caps. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
External links
Media related to Saint-Tite-des-Caps at Wikimedia Commons
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Subdivisions of La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality- Boischatel
- L'Ange-Gardien
- Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
- Saint-Tite-des-Caps
- Regional county municipalities in Capitale-Nationale:
Charlevoix - Charlevoix-Est
- La Côte-de-Beaupré
- La Jacques-Cartier
- L'Île-d'Orléans
- Portneuf
- Independent parishes: Notre-Dame-des-Anges
- Native reserves: Wendake
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