Saint-Tite, Quebec
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Ville de Saint-Tite | |
Coordinates: | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
RCM | Mékinac |
Constitution | December 23, 1998 |
Government [1] | |
- Type | City |
- Mayor | Reynald Périgny |
Area [2] | |
- Land | 92.53 km² (35.7 sq mi) |
- Urban | 2.58 km² (1 sq mi) |
Population (2006)[3] | |
- City | 3,826 |
- Density | 41.3/km² (107/sq mi) |
- Urban | 2,306 |
- Urban Density | 893.8/km² (2,314.9/sq mi) |
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
- Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Postal code | G0X 3H0 |
Area code(s) | 418 |
Saint-Tite is a town in Quebec province, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières; its name is the French name for St. Titus. Its chief industries are forestry and leather production. It is best known, though, for the Festival Western de Saint-Tite, which developed from a rodeo inaugurated in 1967 to promote the leather industry. The festival's success has led to the remodelling of some of the town's infrastructures to resemble a western frontier town of the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. Saint-Tite is an important part of the novel Les Filles de Caleb.
[edit] References
- ^ (French) Saint-Tite, répertoire des municipalités, Ministère des affaires municipales et des régions du Québec, retrieved January 11, 2008
- ^ Statistics Canada (December 4, 2007). Saint-Tite, 2006 Community Profil. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Statistics Canada (December 4, 2007). Saint-Tite, 2006 Community Profil. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
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