Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009.

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Lotbinière
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Ghislain Daigle
• Federal riding	Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• Total	59.60 km^2 (23.01 sq mi)
• Land	60.35 km^2 (23.30 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,604
• Density	26.6/km^2 (69/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.7%
• Dwellings	784
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 2C0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 132 Route 273
Website	www.saintantoine detilly.com

Member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly has been colonized since the early beginnings of New France. The seigneurie of Villieu was sold in 1700 to Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly, and because the seigneurie of Tilly, which is still part of the municipality's name today.

Saint-Antoine is named in honour to Catholic saint Anthony of Padua.

References

1. Reference number 293429 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 33095 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2433095) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

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

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly church