Saint-Tite
Saint-Tite | |
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Catholic Church & presbytery, Notre-Dame Street | |
| Motto: L'union dans l'action | |
Location within Mékinac RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°44′N 72°34′W / 46.733°N 72.567°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | December 23, 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Annie Pronovost |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.90 km2 (35.87 sq mi) |
| • Land | 91.10 km2 (35.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,672 |
| • Density | 40.3/km2 (104/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 0.0% |
| • Dwellings | 2,271 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-153 R-159 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Tite (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ tit]) is a Canadian city located at the foothills of the Laurentians, between Grandes-Piles and Saint-Adelphe, in the Mauricie RCM of Mékinac. A large body of water, Lake Pierre-Paul, bathes the northeastern part of the territory.'
The name of the parish of Saint-Tite is attested in 1859 and was established thanks to the canonical and civil election that occurred in 1863 following its detachment from Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and Saint-Stanislas de-la-Rivière-des-Envies. The post office, opened in 1859, and the parish municipality, established in 1863, took over the parish name that celebrates a companion of St. Paul the Apostle, who converted him in the first century by entrusting him with the task of organizing the Church of Ephesus.