Saint-Alban is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The place is known for its caves and crevices, and the gorge of the Sainte-Anne River. The "gorge" sector of the Sainte-Anne River is famous for its rock climbing walls.
Saint-Alban | |
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![]() Location within Portneuf RCM | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Alban Location in central Quebec | |
Coordinates: 46°43′00″N 72°05′00″W[1][2] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | Portneuf |
Settled | 1830 |
Constituted | December 31, 1991 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lynn Audet |
• Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
• Prov. riding | Portneuf |
Area | |
• Total | 159.10 km2 (61.43 sq mi) |
• Land | 149.53 km2 (57.73 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 1,225 |
• Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 764 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0A 3B0 |
Area codes | 367, 418, 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | st-alban![]() |
The first settlers, coming from Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Deschambault, Grondines, and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade, began clearing the area around 1830. In 1851, a mill was built that led to the development of the village. In 1856, the parish was founded, followed by the post office in 1857, and the parish municipality in 1860. Its official full name was Saint-Alban-d'Alton, and named after Saint Alban, the first martyr in Britain in the third century. Alton refers to its location in the geographic township of Alton, formed in 1841, and named after a town in Hampshire, England.[1]
In January 1918, the village centre itself separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Saint-Alban. In 1991, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Alban.[1]
On 27 April 1894, Canada's largest known landslide occurred in Saint-Alban.[5] Displacing 185 million cubic metres (242 million cubic yards) of rock and dirt, leaving a 40-metre (130 ft) scar, that covered 4.6 million square metres (1,100 acres).[6]
Population trend:[7]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 552 (total dwellings: 764)
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