Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague,_Chaudière-Appalaches,_Quebec

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

For the parish municipality, see Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Montérégie, Quebec.

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 374 as of the Canada 2016 Census. It lies on the Canada–United States border.

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Name

The origin of the name of the municipality is subject to debate and three versions are possible. It seems that settlers would have liked to name their parish Saint-Louis, but it was refused due to possible confusion with Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska (now part of Kamouraska, Quebec). Monsignor Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau then suggested to name it Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, following saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

Another version would be that Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin would have wanted to honour his patron saint, Aloysius Gonzaga.

Lastly, it could also have been to honour Louis-Philippe Pelletier, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Dorchester.

Post Office

The municipality's post office is named Ravignan, after French Jesuit Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan, who was a preacher at Notre-Dame de Paris.

References

  1. [1]
    "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57123". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. [2]
    "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. [3]
    "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Municipalité [Census subdivision], Quebec and les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
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