Notre-Dame-des-Neiges () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. It encircles the city of Trois-Pistoles and includes the offshore Île aux Basques.
History
Before the creation of the municipality, the whole area was known as Trois-Pistoles. In 1827, the christian parish of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges-des-Trois-Pistoles was canonically established. Eventually, in 1855, the municipality was officially established under the name of ‘Trois-Pistoles’. At the time, the territory of the municipality included nearly half of the current Les Basques RCM.
Over time, Trois-Pistoles lost two important section that became separate municipality. First with the séparation of Bégon in 1865, then again in 1873 with the séparation of Saint-Françoise.
On 29 August 1906, the chirstian mission of La Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste was canonically established. It was placed under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist in honour of the Jesuit priest Jean-Baptiste de La Brosse, a former missionary of the parish of Trois-Pistoles. In 1907, a chapel was built. Parish registers have been kept there since 3 October 1908. In 1908, it welcomed its first parish priest, J.-A. Beaulieu. Previously, it had been served by the parish priest of Trois-Pistoles. On 20 May 1911, a parish council was established.https://originis.ca/paroisses/p_alpha/p_n/paroisse_notre_dame_des_neiges/https://dioceserimouski.com/trouver-une-eglise/
In 1916, the town of Trois-Pistoles was established, by separating the urban section of Trois-Pistoles from the rest of the municipality. Later, the now mostly rural municipality changed its name to Notre-Dame-des-Neiges-des-Trois-Pistoles.
In 1997, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges-des-Trois-Pistoles changed its name to simply, ‘Notre-Dame-des-Neiges’ and changed its status from a parish municipality to a regular municipality.
Geography
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is located on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River, 250 km northeast of Quebec City. Important towns near Notre-Dame-des-Neiges are Rivière-du-Loup 45 km to the south-west and Rimouski 60 km to the northeast. Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is located on Route 293 which connects Trois-Pistoles to Route 232 between Trois-Pistoles to the northwest and Saint-Jean-de-Dieu to the southeast. The territory of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges covers an area of 94.44 km2.
The territory of the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges partially overlooks the St. Lawrence River and almost completely enclaves the city of Trois-Pistoles. It is part of the regional county municipality of Les Basques in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent and is crossed by the Trois Pistoles river.
Demographics
Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 1,180 9.3% 98.7% 5 0.0% 0.4% 5 n/a% 0.4% 0 0.0% 0.0% 1,080 4.0% 99.5% 5 0.0% 0.5% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 1,125 5.1% 99.6% 5 50.0% 0.4% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 1,185 8.5% 98.3% 10 n/a% 0.8% 0 0.0% 0.0% 10 n/a% 0.8% 1,295 1.1% 100.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 1,310 n/a 99.2% 10 n/a 0.8% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0%
See also List of municipalities in Quebec
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