Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Quebec

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is a parish municipality in Quebec.

This unusual municipality measures only some 60 hectares (0.6 square kilometres or 150 acres) in area and has a listed population of 2.

Geography

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente is located north-east of the municipality of Saint-Joachim, Quebec and east of near Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, in the regional county municipality of La Côte-de-Beaupré in the region of Capitale-Nationale.

Located near the provincial capital of Quebec City, it is part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec.

History

Named for Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and Cap Tourmente, a stormy promontory named by Samuel de Champlain, the municipality was set up in 1917 by a law that detached certain buildings and lands belonging to the Séminaire de Québec from the parish of Saint-Joachim. At this point, it had an area of several square kilometres, including farmland; however, the law specified that if the Séminaire sold any of its property, it would revert to Saint-Joachim.

By and by, all of the Séminaire's property was sold and was thereby returned to Saint-Joachim, except for the Petit-Cap property, which now constitutes the entire territory of the municipality.

Government

The municipality is not governed by a municipal council but by the Board of Directors of the Séminaire de Québec.

ee also

*Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec
*List of communities in Quebec

External links

* [http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=137715&Latitude=47,06667&Longitude=-70,83334&Zoom=1700 Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente - Commission de toponymie du Québec]
* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/cgi-bin/repert1.pl?region=&mrc=&geo=21015&muni= Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente - Répertoire des municipalités du Québec]
* [http://www.touriste.net/page/album_photo_saintgonzague.htm Municipal arms]