Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec
Sainte-Mélanie | |
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 Rocher Lake, largest lake within the municipality | |
 Location within Joliette RCM. | |
| 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) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  4.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,404 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-348 |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Mélanie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the western shores of the L'Assomption River.
History
Sainte-Mélanie was formerly part of the territory of the Ailleboust Seignory, granted to Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil (1694-1785) in 1736. By 1800, Pierre-Louis Panet (1761-1812) was Lord of Ailleboust, whose 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 eventually built in 1830. The Parish of Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832, and four years later in 1836, the post office opened under the name Daillebout.[4]
The municipality officially started in 1845, was soon after abolished, and reestablished in 1855 as Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust. In 1881, the post office was renamed to Sainte-Mélanie, and more than a century later in 1986, the municipality followed suit by also adopting this shortened name.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 2892 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.6%)
- Population in 2006: 2765
- Population in 2001: 2633
- Population in 1996: 2474
- Population in 1991: 2282
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,221 (total dwellings: 1,404)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.9%
- French as first language: 97.8%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 1.3%
Notable people from Sainte-Mélanie
- Aimé Pelletier (1914-2010), surgeon and well-known Quebec novelist, under the nom de plume of Bertrand Vac. Pelletier, who spent the majority of his professional career in Montreal, is interred with his ancestors at the Sainte-Mélanie cemetery.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 61050". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Sainte-Mélanie census profile
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 278086". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Sainte-Mélanie (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Obituary, Aimé (Bertrand Vac) Pelletier; www.inmemoriam.ca.
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