Sainte-Croix, Quebec

Sainte-Croix
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM. Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Sainte-Croix Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	October 5, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Gauthier
• Federal riding	Lévis—Lotbinière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area
• Total	72.40 km2 (27.95 sq mi)
• Land	69.54 km2 (26.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,352
• Density	33.8/km2 (88/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.6%
• Dwellings	1,148
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2H0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 132 Route 271
Website	www.ville. sainte-croix.qc.ca

Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix.

Name

Sainte-Croix name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the seigneurie of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (Holy Cross Flats in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called Pointe Platon ("Plato (or Flat) Point").

References

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