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Saint-Tite-des-Caps

Saint-Tite-des-Caps () is a municipality in La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. Located on Route 138 to Baie-Saint-Paul, this road climbs up sharply to about to reach the town nestled in a valley. The Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River forms the municipal western boundary.

The place is named after Titus, companion of Saint Paul, whereas "des-Caps" indicates its position within the Capes Region, that stretches from Cape Tourmente to Baie-Saint-Paul.

History

In 1853, the mission was founded, that became the Parish of Saint-Tite-des-Caps in 1876 when it separated from Saint-Joachim. In 1866, its post office opened. In 1872, the Municipality of Saint-Tite-des-Caps was incorporated.

In 1971, a part of its territory was dissolved and returned to unorganized.

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 720 (total dwellings: 887)

Mother tongue (2021):

  • English as first language: 0.3%
  • French as first language: 98.7%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0.3%

Local government

List of mayors of Saint-Tite-des-Caps since incorporation:

  • Isaïe Ferland (1861–1862, 1873–1875, 1881–1882, 1885–1887)
  • Hypolitte Dessers (1862–1863)
  • Jean–Baptiste Jean (1863–1864)
  • Éloi Boucher (1864–1866)
  • Célestin Chevalier (1866–1868, 1872–1873)
  • Onézime Leblond (1868–1872, 1875–1877)
  • Alexandre Lavoie (1877–1878)
  • Alfred Leclair (1878–1880)
  • Napoléon Poulin (1880–1881)
  • Édouard Girard (1882–1885, 1887–1890, 1891–1893)
  • Jules Gagnon (1890–1891)
  • Auguste Lavoie (1893–1897)
  • Norbert Morency (1897–1914)
  • Wilfrid Labranche (1914–1916)
  • Ludger Leblond (1916–1917)
  • Joseph Gauthier (1917–1921)
  • Achille Lachance (1921–1931)
  • David Morency (1931–1935, 1937–1944)
  • Alfredo Leclerc (1935–1937)
  • Télesphore Duclos (1944–1949)
  • Ludger Duclos (1949–1958, 1964–1966)
  • Noël Drouin (1958–1961)
  • Albany Duclos (1961–1964)
  • Paul–Eugène Morency (1966–1967)
  • Roland Ferland (1967–1969)
  • Jean–Noël Fortin (1969–1971)
  • Paul Duchesne (1971–1975)
  • Léopold Ferland (1975–1984)
  • Huguette Filion Morency (1984–1987)
  • Jean–Claude Clouet (1987–1998)
  • Anne–Marie Guilbault (1998–2005)
  • Pierre Dion (2005–2013)
  • Majella Pichette (2013– )

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