Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
—  Municipality  —
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Constitution 1855
Government
 • Mayor Michel Cauchon
 • MPs Jacques Gourde
 • MNAs Sylvie Roy
Area
 • Total 60.29 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 1,462
 • Density 24.2/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code G0S 2C0
Area code(s) 418

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009.

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 because the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name today.

Saint-Antoine is named in honour to Catholic saint Anthony of Padua.

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