Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | |
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| Municipality | |
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 Location within Lotbinière RCM. |
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 Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
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| Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W / 46.667°N 71.583°WCoordinates: 46°40′N 71°35′W / 46.667°N 71.583°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ghislain Daigle |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.60 km2 (23.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.35 km2 (23.30 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
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| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,604 |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 10.7% |
| • Dwellings | 784 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 2C0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 132 Route 273
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| Website | www.saintantoine detilly.com |
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.
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.
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