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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.

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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Christian Richard
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	59.60 km2 (23.01 sq mi)
• Land	60.35 km2 (23.30 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,604
• Density	26.6/km2 (69/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.7%
• Dwellings	784
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2C0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 132 Route 273
Website	www.saintantoine detilly.com

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.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

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