Sainte-Croix | |
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— Municipality — | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Constitution | 2001 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jacques Gauthier |
• MPs | Jacques Gourde |
• MNAs | Sylvie Roy |
Area | |
• Total | 69.64 km2 (26.9 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 2,433 |
• Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Postal code | G0S 2H0 |
Area code(s) | 418 |
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix.
Sainte-Croix name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (Holy Cross Flats in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called Pointe Platon ("Plato (or Flat) Point").
Portneuf | Cap-Santé, Donnacona | |||
Lotbinière | Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |||
Sainte-Croix | ||||
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun |