Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec
Sainte-Mélanie | |
|---|---|
 Rocher Lake, largest lake within the municipality | |
  Sainte-Mélanie | |
| Coordinates (10, rue Louis-Charles-Panet[1]): 46°08′N 73°31′W / 46.133°N 73.517°W[2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Joliette |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Beaulieu |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Prov. riding | Joliette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 78.30 km2 (30.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 75.84 km2 (29.28 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,892 |
| • Density | 38.1/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| • Change (2006–11) |  4.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,404 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Mélanie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the western shores of the L'Assomption River.
History[change | change source]
Sainte-Mélanie used to be part of the territory of the Ailleboust Seignory, which was given to Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil (1694-1785) in 1736. By 1800, Pierre-Louis Panet (1761-1812) was Lord of Ailleboust. His daughter Charlotte-Mélanie Panet (1794-1872) may have been the source of the name Sainte-Mélanie, also a reference to Melania the Younger (383-439). Charlotte-Mélanie's husband, Marc-Antoine-Louis Lévesque (1782-1833), donated the land in 1814 for a chapel that was built in 1830. The Parish of Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832. Four years later, in 1836, the post office opened under the name Daillebout.[4]
Sources[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geographic code 61050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ↑ Reference number 278086 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Sainte-Mélanie census profile
- ↑ "Sainte-Mélanie (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
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