Sainte-Croix, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°37′N 71°44′W / 46.62°N 71.73°W / 46.62; -71.73^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMLotbinièreConstitutedOctober 5, 2001Government

^[2]

• MayorJacques Gauthier • Federal riding Lévis—Lotbinière • Prov. ridingLotbinière-FrontenacArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total72.40 km² (27.95 sq mi) • Land69.54 km² (26.85 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total2,352 • Density33.8/km² (88/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

0.5% • Dwellings

1,148Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0S 2H0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-132

R-271Websiteville-sainte-croix.ca

Sainte-Croix (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,352 as of 2021. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix.

Name

Sainte-Croix name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (Holy Cross Flats in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called Pointe Platon ("Plato (or Flat) Point").

Economy

South Shore Furniture is based in Sainte-Croix and has a factory in the municipality.^[4]

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 371517". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33102". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Sainte-Croix, Quebec (Code 2433102) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ Leduc, Gilbert (2010-05-26). "Meubles South Shore: survivre à une tempête parfaite". Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2017-12-22.

External links

Media related to Sainte-Croix, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
Commission de toponymie du Québec
Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire