Sainte-Thècle
Sign in to saveSainte-Thècle () is a Canadian municipality located in the province of Quebec in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in the Batiscanie watershed, in the administrative region of Mauricie. This municipality of 212 square kilometres is known for its resorts and many small lakes. The forest and mountain scenery offers exceptional views for tourists and vacationers. Sainte-Thècle is also a destination for hunting, fishing, snowmobile/all-terrain vehicles and other outdoor sports. The church, rectory and cemetery are located on the main hill of the village and are also heritage sites of inter
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- Sainte-Thècle
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- Municipality
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- Aerial view of Sainte-Thècle
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- Passe en semant le bien (Scatter goodness along your path)
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- Location within Mékinac RCM.
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- Canada Central Quebec
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- left
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- Location in central Quebec.
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- Mauricie
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- RCM
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- Mékinac
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- Watershed
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- Batiscan River
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Municipal chronology
- School chronology
- Religious chronology
- Coat of arms of Sainte-Thècle
- Geography
- Hydrography
- Demographics
- Attractions
- Notable people
- Photo gallery
- Publishing about the history of Sainte-Thècle
- See also
- References
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Sainte-Thècle () is a Canadian municipality located in the province of Quebec in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in the Batiscanie watershed, in the administrative region of Mauricie. This municipality of 212 square kilometres is known for its resorts and many small lakes. The forest and mountain scenery offers exceptional views for tourists and vacationers. Sainte-Thècle is also a destination for hunting, fishing, snowmobile/all-terrain vehicles and other outdoor sports. The church, rectory and cemetery are located on the main hill of the village and are also heritage sites of interest. The municipality's agricultural and forestry industries have marked its history.
The name of the municipality results from Saint Thècle, martyred virgin of the 1st century, converted to the Christianism and educated by Saint Paul during its first journey missionary. Thècle was born in Isaurie in Turkey. Tite and Thècle having lived at the same time, the name of this virgin was retained for the canonical foundation of this parish of the Mid Mauricie as of March 15, 1873, decree promulgated by Mgr. Louis-François Richer Laflèche, bishop of the diocese of Trois-Rivières. Moreover, Moïse Proulx, priest of Saint-Tite served the parish of Sainte-Thècle until 1880, or until the arrival of the first resident priest.