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Saint-Tharcisius
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint-Tharcisius is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.[6]
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Saint-Tharcisius | |
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Motto(s): Foi, Fraternité, Travail | |
![]() Location within La Matapédia RCM. | |
Coordinates: 48°32′47″N 67°20′26″W[1][3] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Matapédia |
Settled | 1912 |
Constituted | December 4, 1937 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jocelyn Jean |
• Federal riding | Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 78.70 km2 (30.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 78.84 km2 (30.44 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population | |
• Total | 411 |
• Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 199 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | saint-tharcisius |
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The village was named after Roman martyr Tarcisius who preferred to be killed rather than desecrate the Eucharist in the 3rd century.[3]