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Saint-Alban, Quebec

Coordinates: 46°43′00″N 72°05′00″W / 46.716667°N 72.083333°W / 46.716667; -72.083333
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Saint-Alban (Municipality)
Blanche River, Chute à Bélanger, rang de la Rivière Blanche
Blanche River, Chute à Bélanger, rang de la Rivière Blanche
Location within Portneuf RCM
Location within Portneuf RCM
Saint-Alban (Municipality) is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Alban (Municipality)
Saint-Alban (Municipality)
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°43′00″N 72°05′00″W / 46.716667°N 72.083333°W / 46.716667; -72.083333[1][2]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMPortneuf
Settled1830
ConstitutedDecember 31, 1991
Government
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 • MayorLynn Audet
 • Federal ridingPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 • Prov. ridingPortneuf
Area
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 • Total159.10 km2 (61.43 sq mi)
 • Land149.53 km2 (57.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total1,225
 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 7.6%
 • Dwellings
764
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0A 3B0
Area codes367, 418, 581
Highways R-354
Websitest-alban.qc.ca Edit this at Wikidata (in French)

Saint-Alban is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, known for its caves, crevices and rock-climbing walls at the gorge of the Sainte-Anne River.

History

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Saint-Alban Convent in 1930

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]

Commemorative plaque of the landslide of April 27 1894, rang de la Noire River[5]

On 27 April 1894, Canada's largest known landslide occurred in Saint-Alban.[6] Displacing 185 million cubic metres (242 million cubic yards) of rock and dirt, it made a 40-metre (130 ft) deep mark that covered 4.6 million square metres (1,100 acres).[7]

A black-and-white photograph of the Saint-Alban landslide in 1894.
Noire River (Rivière Noire), Saint-Alban landslide 1894[5][8]

In January 1918, the village centre 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]

Demographics

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Population trend:[9]

  • Population in 2011: 1225 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.6%)
  • Population in 2006: 1138
  • Population in 2001: 1170
  • Population in 1996: 1159
  • Population in 1991: 1176

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 552 (total dwellings: 764)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 100%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Photos

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  • Rivière Blanche (Saint-Casimir), Chute à Bélanger, Saint-Alban
  • Bridge sign steel girder structure P-6048,[10] rang de la Rivière Blanche
    Bridge sign steel girder structure P-6048,[10] rang de la Rivière Blanche
  • From P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche
    From P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche
  • From P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche
    From P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche

See also

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Further reading

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  • Mariages de St-Alban (comté Portneuf) 1856-1900 (in French), compiled by Benoit Pontbriand, agronomist, 1965, 63 pages.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Commission de toponymie du Québec (24 April 1992). "Saint-Alban (municipalité)". Toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^ Natural Resources Canada (24 April 1992). "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base: Saint-Alban (EPIMB)". www4.RNCAN.gc.ca. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Alban
  4. ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Alban census profile
  5. ^ a b J. W. Laverdière, Abbé (1936). "Annual report of the Quebec Bureau of Mines" (PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests. p. 33. Retrieved 3 November 2024. The country in the vicinity of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, and stretching east and west of the Sainte-Anne river, is a clay plain, well suited for agriculture.
  6. ^ "History of Saint-Alban". Saint Alban (in French). City of Saint Alban. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Landslides". Get Prepared. Public Safety Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ Bitzakidis, Stéfanos; S. Gagné; D. Genois; C. Paradis (April 2003). "Hydrological and multi-resource portrait of the Sainte-Anne River watershed" (PDF) (in French). CAPSA - Corporation d'aménagement et de protection de la Sainte-Anne. pp. 19 of 237. Retrieved 5 November 2024. The river became larger and shallower, and the enormous amount of soil carried away (equivalent to natural contributions over a period of 5,000 years) began to settle 4 km upstream from the mouth to the St. Lawrence River.
  9. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 censuses
  10. ^ "Inventory and Inspection of Structures". Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (in French). Government of Quebec. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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