Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly explained

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:46.6667°N -106°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Lotbinière
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:July 1, 1855
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Richard Bellemare
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Lotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area Total Km2:59.60
Area Land Km2:59.95
Area Note:There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population Total:1682
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:28.1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 5.3%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:853
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0S 2C0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,682 as of 2021.

A member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of New France. The seigneurie of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly and became the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name.

Saint-Antoine is named in honour of St. Anthony of Padua.

History

In 1672, The territory of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was given to a lieutenant of the Carignan regiment, Claude-Sébastien de Villieu, by the intendant Jean Talon. Later, The territory was sold to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur, sieur de Tilly. Under is ownership, in 1702, a parish was canonically erected and the territory took the name Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly. In 1759, the territory is the site of a battle during the conquest of New France.

The municipality was officially created in 1855. In 1909, it lost a small section of its territory for the creation of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d’Issoudun. Finally, in 1995, the status of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly was changed from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.

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