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Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague- du-Cap-Tourmente
Parish municipality
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM.
St-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°04′N 70°50′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	La Côte-de-Beaupré
Constituted	January 1, 1917
Government [2]
• Administrator	Jacques Roberge
• Federal riding	Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord
• Prov. riding	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area [2][3]
• Total	7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
• Land	0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	0
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	100%
• Dwellings	1
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G1R 4R7
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138

Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 0.[4] It is a relic of the seigneurial system of New France.[1]

Geography

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is a small enclave within the municipality of Saint-Joachim, at the foot of Cape Tourmente, and east of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, in the regional county municipality of La Côte-de-Beaupré in the region of Capitale-Nationale.

Located near the provincial capital of Quebec City, it is part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec.

History

Named for Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and Cap Tourmente, a stormy promontory named by Samuel de Champlain, the municipality was set up in 1917 by a law that detached certain buildings and lands belonging to the Séminaire de Québec from the parish of Saint-Joachim in order to avoid paying municipal taxes and fees. At that time, it had an area of several square kilometres, including farmland; however, the law specified that if the Séminaire sold any of its property, it would revert to Saint-Joachim.[1]

By and by, all of the Séminaire's property was sold and was thereby returned to Saint-Joachim, except for the Petit-Cap property, which now constitutes the entire territory of the municipality.

Government

The municipality is not governed by a municipal council but by the Board of Directors of the Séminaire de Québec. As such, it does not have a mayor but rather an administrator.[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente had a population of 0 living in 1 of its 1 total private dwellings, a change of -100% from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km² (0.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

• Population in 2021: 0
• Population in 2016: 5
• Population in 2011: 5 (revised from 18 by Statistics Canada)[4]
• Population in 2006: 0
• Population in 2001: 0
• Population in 1996: 4
• Population in 1991: 6

See also

• Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec
• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

Media related to Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente at Wikimedia Commons

• (in French) Municipal arms

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