Saint-Gédéon ou Saint-Gédéon-de-Grandmont is a municipality in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada, in the regional county municipality

Regional county municipality

The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...

 of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The county seat is in Alma. In 2006 it was 99.5% French-speaking.-Communities:* Cities & Towns** Alma** Desbiens** Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix...

 and the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. It is on the eastern shore of Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of 1003 km² Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively...

 at the mouth of the Belle River.

Blueberry Cycling Route

The Blueberry Cycling Route is called La véloroute des Bleuets in French

French language

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Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 2351
• Population in 2001: 2392
• Population in 1996: 1760
• Population in 1991: 1640

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 748 (total dwellings: 1035)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0.5 %
• French as first language: 99.5 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0 %

Religion

According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, the Roman Catholic church

Roman Catholic Church

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 had adherents in the municipality in 2001, with more than 96% of the population concentrated in one parish, Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. Atheists were in second place with 55 people (3 %), followed by Protestants with 15 people (1%). Residents of Saint-Gédéon belonging to other religion

Religion

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s represented less than 1% of the population. There is also a Roman Catholic cemetery, cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue.
As well, Saint-Gédéon has a permanent deacon, Daniel Audy, M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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, who was ordained by Mgr Couture

Couture

-Places in France:* Couture, Charente, in the Charente département* Couture-d'Argenson, in the Deux-Sèvres département* Couture-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département-People:* Randy Couture , American mixed martial arts fighter...

, on June 7, 1991 of the feast day of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart

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Culture

Louis Hémon

Louis Hémon

Louis Hémon , was a francophone writer best known for his novel Maria Chapdelaine.- Biography :He was born in Brest, France. In Paris, where he resided with his family, he was enrolled in the Montaigne and Louis-le-Grand secondary schools...

 wrote the first draft of Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine is a novel written in 1913 by the French writer Louis Hémon, who was then residing in Quebec.-Adaptations:The novel has had three film adaptations, two French and one Québécois: in 1934, by Julien Duvivier, with Madeleine Renaud , and Jean Gabin , partly filmed in Péribonka; in...

while staying in Saint-Gédéon in 1912.

French

• Christine Côté, Louanges d'un siècle, St-Gédéon: Paroisse Saint-Antoine, 1984, 94 pages
• Johanne Laberge et collaborateurs, Itinéraire toponymique du Saguenay Lac St-Jean , Commission de toponymie du Québec, 1983, 101 pages
• René Raymond, Pédologie de la région du Lac-Saint-Jean , Québec : Ministère de l'agriculture et de la colonisation, Division des sols, 1965, 157 pages
• Mère Sainte-Hélène, N.D.B.C., Saint-Gédéon de Grandmont célèbre son centenaire, 1864-1964, Saint-Gédéon, 1964, 184 pages
• Victor Tremblay, « Saint-Gédéon », Saguenayensia Volume 6, numéro 3, mai-juin 1964, page 64.

External links

• Site officiel de la fête nationale à Saint-Gédéon