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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃twan tiji]) 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

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly church
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly church

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.

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 293429". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33095". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DAntoine%2Dde%2Dtilly&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433095&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0