Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
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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, Quebec, Canada, part of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale. It is situated along the western shores of Island of Orléans.
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Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | |
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Coordinates: 46°58′N 70°58′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | L'Île-d'Orléans |
Settled | 1660 |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean Pierre Turcotte |
• Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
• Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
Area | |
• Total | 50.70 km2 (19.58 sq mi) |
• Land | 50.54 km2 (19.51 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 850 |
• Density | 16.8/km2 (44/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 9.4% |
• Dwellings | 371 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-368 |
Website | www |
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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.