Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |
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Aerial view of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |
Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W / 46.667°N 71.583°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Richard Bellemare |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.60 km2 (23.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.95 km2 (23.15 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,682 |
| • Density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 5.3% |
| • Dwellings | 853 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-132 R-273 |
| Website | www.saintantoine detilly.com |
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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃twan də tiji]) is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 1,682 as of 2021.
A member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of New France. The seigneurie of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly and became the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name.
Saint-Antoine is named in honour of St. Anthony of Padua.