Saint-Tite, Quebec

Ville de Saint-Tite
—  City  —

Coat of arms
Motto: L'union dans l'action
Coordinates:
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Mauricie
Regional county Mékinac
Constitution December 23, 1998
Government[1]
 • Type City
 • Mayor André Léveillé
 • Federal riding Saint-Maurice—Champlain
 • Prov. riding Laviolette
Area[2]
 • Land 92.53 km2 (35.7 sq mi)
 • Urban 2.58 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • 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
Website www.villest-tite.com

Saint-Tite is a town in Quebec province, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières; its name is the French name for Saint 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.

Demographics

Population trend:[3]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1760 (total dwellings: 2112)

Mother tongue:

References

  1. ^ (French) Saint-Tite, répertoire des municipalités, Ministère des affaires municipales et des régions du Québec, retrieved January 11, 2008
  2. ^ a b Statistics Canada (December 4, 2007). "Saint-Tite, 2006 Community Profil". http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2435027&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint-Tite&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=. Retrieved 2008-01-11. 
  3. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint-Tite,_Qu%C3%A9bec Saint-Tite, Québec] at Wikimedia Commons