Sainte-Famille is a parish municipality in the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec

L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec

L'Île-d'Orléans is a Regional County Municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is in Sainte-Famille. The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, part of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale

Capitale-Nationale

Capitale-Nationale is one of 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. Quebec City, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,638.7 km2...

. It is situated along the western shores of Orléans Island

Île d'Orléans

Île d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...

.

Founded in 1661, Sainte-Famille is the oldest settlement on the île d'Orléans

Île d'Orléans

Île d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...

 and has one of the most important concentrations of houses of the old French regime.

History

In 1661, the first parish on Orleans Island was formed, 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. It is unclear when the article

Article (grammar)

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 disappeared.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 844 (2001 to 2006 population change: -4.3 %)
• Population in 2001: 882
• Population in 1996: 913
• Population in 1991: 942

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 330 (total dwellings: 363)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 100 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0 %

External links

• Île d'Orléans - Sainte-Famille portrait