La Trinité-des-Monts explained

La Trinité-des-Monts
Settlement Type:Parish municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Eastern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in eastern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bas-Saint-Laurent
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Rimouski-Neigette
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1965
Named For:The Christian Trinity and the nearby mountains
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Chantal Gagnon
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Rimouski
Area Total Km2:239.20
Area Land Km2:233.07
Population Total:233
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 4.5%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:167
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0K 1B0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways

La Trinité-des-Monts is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality.

The municipality's religious name refers to the trinity in Christianity. The name was inspired by the Mission of the Holy Spirit, which gave rise to the parish of La Trinité-des-Monts and the neighbouring parish of Esprit-Saint. In fact, the post office where La Trinité-des-Monts was later organised took the name Esprit-Saint in 1938. The post office was renamed Cenellier in 1939, after a local river. It adopted its current name of La Trinité-des-Monts in 1943. These place names were chosen by the religious authorities of the Archdiocese of Rimouski. More specifically, it was Monsignor Charles-Eugène Parent, Bishop of Rimouski, who baptised the parish when he spotted the Notre Dame Mountains to the east while looking for a site to build the church of La Trinité-des-Monts.[1]

Geography

La Roche is a township established on May 5, 1882. It has an overall area of 20,235 hectares and is named for Troilus de Mesqouez.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Trinité-des-Monts had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 233.07km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://la-trinite-des-monts.ca/
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.