Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans (, ; Sainte-Famille prior to September 12, 2017) is a municipality in the
L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality
L'Île-d'Orléans () is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.
The RCM consists solely of ...
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, part of the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale. It is situated along the western shores of
Island of Orléans.
Founded in 1661, Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is the oldest settlement on l'
île d'Orléans and has one of the most important concentrations of houses of the old French regime.
History
In 1661, l'Île d'Orléans' first parish was formed and it was known until 1679 as ''Paroisse de l'Île''. The parish municipality was first established in 1845 as La Sainte-Famille, abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855. The
article 'La' disappeared in the 19th century.
[Poirier, J. (1962)]
La toponymie de l'Ile d'Orléans
''Cahiers de géographie du Québec'', 6(12), 183–199S. See p. 194: L'article ne disparaît qu'au XIXe siècle. A post office named Sainte-Famille-d'Orléans was opened in 1852.
[Poirier 1962, p. 197]
On September 12, 2017, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Famille changed statutes and name to the Municipality of Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans.
Demographics
Population
Language
Cultural significance
In literature
* In ''
The Spy Who Loved Me'',
Ian Fleming's ninth novel in his
James Bond
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series, the narrator Vivienne Michel was born and raised in Sainte-Famille.
See also
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Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
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Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans (; ) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians c ...
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Maison Drouin
References
External links
Île d'Orléans - Sainte-Famille portrait
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale
Quebec City Area
1661 establishments in the French colonial empire
L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality