Sainte-Croix, Quebec

Sainte-Croix
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Sainte-Croix Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 71°44′W / 46.617°N 71.733°WCoordinates: 46°37′N 71°44′W / 46.617°N 71.733°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	October 5, 2001
Government[2]
• Mayor	Jacques Gauthier
• Federal riding	Lévis—Lotbinière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
• Total	72.40 km^2 (27.95 sq mi)
• Land	69.54 km^2 (26.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	2,352
• Density	33.8/km^2 (88/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.6%
• Dwellings	1,148
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2H0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 132 Route 271
Website	www.ville. sainte-croix.qc.ca

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.

Name

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").

References

1. Reference number 371517 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 33102 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2433102) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire