| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
| Motto: | Progrès et Harmonie |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.4667°N -81°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mauricie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maskinongé |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1865 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | April 21, 1984 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michel Bourassa |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Maskinongé |
| Area Total Km2: | 1135.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1035.74 |
| Population Total: | 2999 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2136 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0K 1V0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, having a topography that is characterized by valleys and rounded hills, with an altitude varying between 150m (490feet) to 560m (1,840feet). There are more than 600 lakes, 400 named and another 200 unnamed minor lakes.[1] The majority (65%) of its territory is part of the Matawin Wildlife Reserve. The town depends on outdoor tourism that increases its seasonal population to between 8000 and 10,000 persons.[2]
The first settlers were originally from Saint-Paulin and established the community on the banks of the Du Loup River, north-west of Saint-Paulin, around 1865. On October 30 of that year, Alexis Lefebvre Boulanger (1812-1885), pioneer and farmer, donated the land on which the village's chapel was built in 1867, and the church in 1884. Saint-Alexis was named after him.[3]
Its post office, identified as Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, opened in 1876. In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts was formed.[3]
In 1973, a portion of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts separated and formed the Municipality of Belleau, named in honour of Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (1808-1894), former lieutenant-governor of Quebec. On April 21, 1984, Belleau rejoined Saint-Alexis-des-Monts again, and the parish municipality had a surface area of more than 500km2. On December 9, 1995, 763km2 was added following the annexation of the Lac-Marcotte and Lac-au-Sorcier unorganized territories.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1035.74km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
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