Saint-Gédéon or Saint-Gédéon-de-Grandmont^{[citation needed]} is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est and the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. It is on the eastern shore of Lac Saint-Jean at the mouth of the Belle River.

Saint-Gédéon
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Saint-Gédéon Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates: 48°30′N 71°46′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM	Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Settled	1863
Constituted	December 6, 1975
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jean-Paul Boucher
• Federal riding	Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
• Prov. riding	Lac-Saint-Jean
Area [2][3]
• Total	82.80 km2 (31.97 sq mi)
• Land	63.52 km2 (24.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	2,001
• Density	31.5/km2 (82/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.6%
• Dwellings	1,181
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0W 2P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 170
Website	www.st-gedeon.qc.ca

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 2001 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.6%)
• Population in 2006: 2351
• Population in 2001: 2392
• Population in 1996: 1760
• Population in 1991: 1640

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 846 (total dwellings: 1181)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 0.5%
• French as first language: 99.5%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Religion

According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Roman Catholicism had 1,845 adherents[6] in the municipality in 2001, with more than 96% of the population concentrated in one parish, Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. There were 55 atheists[6] (3%), and 15 Protestants[6] (1%). Residents of Saint-Gédéon belonging to other religions represented less than 1% of the population.

There is a Roman Catholic cemetery, cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. Saint-Gédéon has a permanent deacon, Daniel Audy, M.A., who was ordained by Mgr Couture, on June 7, 1991 of the feast day of the Sacred Heart.

Culture

Louis Hémon wrote the first draft of Maria Chapdelaine while staying in Saint-Gédéon in 1912.

Transportation

The Blueberry Cycling Route (La véloroute des Bleuets in French), part of the Route Verte, goes through Saint-Gédéon.

Images

• 
  Charles-Eugène-Couture Bridge (Route 170) over the Belle Rivière
• 
  Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales

Bibliography

French

• Christine Côté, Louanges d'un siècle, St-Gédéon: Paroisse Saint-Antoine, 1984, 94 pages
• Johanne Laberge et collaborateurs, Itinéraire toponymique du Saguenay Lac St-Jean , Commission de toponymie du Québec, 1983, 101 pages
• René Raymond, Pédologie de la région du Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec : Ministère de l'agriculture et de la colonisation, Division des sols, 1965, 157 pages
• Mère Sainte-Hélène, N.D.B.C., Saint-Gédéon de Grandmont célèbre son centenaire, 1864-1964, Saint-Gédéon, 1964, 184 pages
• Victor Tremblay, « Saint-Gédéon », Saguenayensia Volume 6, numéro 3, mai-juin 1964, page 64
• Girard, Camil; Perron, Normand (1979). Histoire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (in French). Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture. ISBN 2-89224-126-X..
• Bouchard, Russel (1988). Le Pays du Lac-Saint-Jean : esquisse historique de la colonisation (in French). ISBN 2-9800373-8-9.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Gédéon.

• Site officiel de la fête nationale à Saint-Gédéon^{[permanent dead link]}