Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec
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| Motto: Solidaire dans le labeur ("Solidarity in work") | ||
 Location within Témiscouata RCM |
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| Coordinates: 47°40′N 68°59′W / 47.67°N 68.98°WCoordinates: 47°40′N 68°59′W / 47.67°N 68.98°W | ||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent | |
| RCM | Témiscouata | |
| Named | 1874 | |
| Constituted | July 14, 1874 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Louiselle Ouellet | |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
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| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 110.50 km2 (42.66 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 112.31 km2 (43.36 sq mi) | |
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| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 1,318 | |
| • Density | 11.7/km2 (30/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006–11 |
 2.2% |
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| • Dwellings | 590 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 3S0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways | Trans-Canada Highway | |
| Website | www |
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Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.lwi.dɥ.ˈa.ʔa]) is a parish municipality in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick. The population of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is 1,318. Its economy is mainly agricultural.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!'s motto is Solidaire dans le labeur, French for Solidarity in work. Its current mayor is Louiselle Ouellet.
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Roman Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.
The Commission de toponymie du Québec asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of here being an archaic French word for an unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path; see Ha-ha. The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region, or Louis-Antoine Proulx, vicar of Rivière-du-Loup, or perhaps the abbot Louis-Nicolas Bernier.Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
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