L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec

L'Anse-Saint-Jean, French for "The Cove of Saint John" is a municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 1208 in the Canada 2011 Census.

L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Municipality
Flag
L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°14′N 70°12′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCMLe Fjord-du-Saguenay
Settled1839
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1859
Government
 • MayorLucien Martel
 • Federal ridingChicoutimi—Le Fjord
 • Prov. ridingDubuc
Area
 • Total530.20 km2 (204.71 sq mi)
 • Land512.57 km2 (197.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,208
 • Density2.4/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11)
 11.0%
 • Dwellings
965
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0V 1J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.lanse-saint-jean.ca

L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization.

Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Unofficial flag of the "Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean".

It achieved a certain notoriety when its citizens held a referendum on January 21, 1997, to turn the village into the Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean (The Kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy." The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and announced plans to build a "vegetable oratory," Saint-Jean-du-Millénaire (Saint John of the Millennium).[4] This micronational project was cheerfully conceded to be a way of boosting tourism in the region, which had been hit by the 1996 Saguenay Flood.

  • View of the river
  • View of the marina

References
  1. Reference number 135547 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: L'Anse-Saint-Jean Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "L'Anse-Saint-Jean census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  4. grandquebec.com

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