Saint-Tite, Quebec

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Ville de Saint-Tite
Coordinates: 46°44′00″N 72°34′00″W / 46.733333, -72.566667
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Province Flag of Quebec 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

  1. ^ (French) Saint-Tite, répertoire des municipalités, Ministère des affaires municipales et des régions du Québec, retrieved January 11, 2008
  2. ^ Statistics Canada (December 4, 2007). Saint-Tite, 2006 Community Profil. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
  3. ^ Statistics Canada (December 4, 2007). Saint-Tite, 2006 Community Profil. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.

Coordinates: 46°44′N, 72°34′W

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