| Sainte-Luce | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Motto: | Une communauté unie et épanouie |
| 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: | La Mitis |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | August 29, 2001 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Micheline Barriault |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area Total Km2: | 71.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 72.59 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Elevation M: | 75 |
| Population Total: | 2845 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 39.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1462 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0K 1P0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
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Sainte-Luce is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. The population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,845.[1]
The territory was known as of 1829 as the parish of Sainte-Luce, which was established in 1835. It became a municipality in 1855, but this same municipality had been created 1845 under the name of Lessard, for the name of the seigneurie which existed during the 16th century.
The name of Sainte-Luce was given in honour of Luce-Gertrude Drapeau (1794–1880), wife of the local notary, Thomas Casault, one the persons that established the seigneurie when the parish was canonized. The patron saint was Saint Lucy.
In 1918, the municipality of the village of Luceville was created from the territory of Sainte-Luce. Because it had one of the nicest beaches in the area, it had the nickname of Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer. The name of Luceville now identifies with the former municipality of the same name.
On August 29, 2001 the village of Luceville merged with the parish municipality of Sainte-Luce to form the municipality of Sainte-Luce–Luceville; the name was changed to simply Sainte-Luce on April 27, 2002.[2]