Saint-Alban, Quebec

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Saint-Alban (Municipality)
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Blanche River, Chute à Bélanger, rang de la Rivière Blanche
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Location within Portneuf RCM
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Saint-Alban (Municipality)
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°43′00″N72°05′00″W / 46.716667°N 72.083333°W / 46.716667; -72.083333 [1] [2]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
RCM Portneuf
Settled1830
ConstitutedDecember 31, 1991
Government
[3]
 • MayorLynn Audet
 •  Federal riding Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 •  Prov. riding Portneuf
Area
[3] [4]
 • Total159.10 km2 (61.43 sq mi)
 • Land149.53 km2 (57.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [4]
 • Total1,225
 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase2.svg 7.6%
 • Dwellings
764
Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0A 3B0
Area codes 367, 418, 581
HighwaysQc354.svg R-354
Website st-alban.qc.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (in French)

Saint-Alban is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, known for its caves, crevices and rock-climbing walls at the gorge of the Sainte-Anne River.

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History

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Saint-Alban Convent in 1930

The first settlers, coming from Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Deschambault, Grondines, and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade, began clearing the area around 1830. In 1851, a mill was built that led to the development of the village. In 1856, the parish was founded, followed by the post office in 1857, and the parish municipality in 1860. Its official full name was Saint-Alban-d'Alton, and named after Saint Alban, the first martyr in Britain in the third century. Alton refers to its location in the geographic township of Alton, formed in 1841, and named after a town in Hampshire, England. [1]

On 27 April 1894, Canada's largest known landslide occurred in Saint-Alban. [5] Displacing 185 million cubic metres (242 million cubic yards) of rock and dirt, it made a 40-metre (130 ft) deep mark that covered 4.6 million square metres (1,100 acres). [6]

In January 1918, the village centre separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Saint-Alban. In 1991, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Alban. [1]

Demographics

Population trend: [7]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 552 (total dwellings: 764)

Mother tongue:

Photos

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Saint-Alban landslide, 1894

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Commission de toponymie du Québec (24 April 1992). "Saint-Alban (municipalité)". Toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Natural Resources Canada (24 April 1992). "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base: Saint-Alban (EPIMB)". www4.RNCAN.gc.ca. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Alban
  4. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Alban census profile
  5. ↑ "History of Saint-Alban". Saint Alban (in French). City of Saint Alban. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Landslides". Get Prepared. Public Safety Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 censuses
  8. ↑ "Inventory and Inspection of Structures". Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (in French). Government of Quebec. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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