Country Canada RCM Lotbinière Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 59.6 km² Province Québec | Region Chaudière-Appalaches Constituted July 1, 1855 Postal code(s) G0S 2C0 Population 1,604 (2011) Local time Tuesday 11:02 AM | |
Weather 1°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009.
Map of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, QC, Canada
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 because the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name today.
Saint-Antoine is named in honour to Catholic saint Anthony of Padua.
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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA