Saint-Alexis-des-Monts
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Saint-Alexis-des-Monts (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, having a topography that is characterized by valleys and rounded hills, with an altitude varying between Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert".. There are more than 600 lakes, 400 named and another 200 unnamed minor lakes.[1] The majority (65%) of its territory is part of the Matawin Wildlife Reserve. The town depends on outdoor tourism that increases its seasonal population to between 8000 and 10,000 persons.[2]
History
The first settlers were originally from Saint-Paulin and established the community on the banks of the Du Loup River, north-west of Saint-Paulin, around 1865. On October 30 of that year, Alexis Lefebvre Boulanger (1812-1885), pioneer and farmer, donated the land on which the village's chapel was built in 1867, and the church in 1884. Saint-Alexis was named after him.[3]
Its post office, identified as Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, opened in 1876. In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts was formed.[3]
In 1973, a portion of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts separated and formed the Municipality of Belleau, named in honour of Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (1808-1894), former lieutenant-governor of Quebec. On April 21, 1984, Belleau rejoined Saint-Alexis-des-Monts again, and the parish municipality had a surface area of more than Script error: No such module "convert".. On December 9, 1995, Script error: No such module "convert". was added following the annexation of the Lac-Marcotte and Lac-au-Sorcier unorganized territories.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts had a population of Script error: No such module "val". living in Script error: No such module "val". of its Script error: No such module "val". total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of Script error: No such module "val".. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[4] Template:Canada census
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 2,999 (2016 to 2021 population change: 0.6%)
- Population in 2016: 2,981 (2011 to 2016 population change: -2.1%)
- Population in 2011: 3,046 (2006 to 2011 population change: -2.3%)
- Population in 2006: 3,118
- Population in 2001: 2,909
- Population in 1996: 2,741
- Population in 1991: 2,745
- Population in 1986: 2,604
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.7%
- French as first language: 98.0%
- English and French as first language: 0.5%
- Other as first language: 0.7%
References
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