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Saint-Casimir is a small village of about 1800 people in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Sainte-Anne River, about southwest of Quebec City and northeast of Trois-Rivières. It was founded in 1836 by people who came from Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade following to the east along the Sainte-Anne. The name of Saint-Casimir was given in honor of Mr. Casimir Déry, a notary who paid for the construction of the church, which is in the top 10 of the most beautiful churches in the province of Québec. In turn, the church, and the town, is named after Saint Casimir, a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and youth. Two provincial numbered roads go through St-Casimir: Route 354 (east-west - from Ste-Anne de la Pérade to St-Raymond) and Route 363 (south-north - from Deschambault to Lac-aux-Sables). Both roads lead to Autoroute 40, the Montreal-Québec City link on the north shore. Five rivers run in Saint-Casimir: Sainte-Anne, Niagarette, Petite Niagarette, Blanche and Noire. Saint-Casimir is also the home to a cavern, the "Trou du Diable" ("Devil's Hole"). It is the second longest cave in Québec, at . It was formed by the former tributary of the Sainte-Anne River, which left behind a stream. Lots of tourists come to visit and go through it every summer. It is the place where poet Alain Grandbois was born in 1900. ==Demographics== Population trend:〔Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census〕 * Population in 2011: 1500 (2006 to 2011 population change: -1.8 %) * Population in 2006: 1528 * Population in 2001: 1582 * Population total in 1996: 1783 * * Saint-Casimir (municipality): 1347 * * Saint-Casimir (parish): 436 * Population in 1991: * * Saint-Casimir (municipality): 1331 * * Saint-Casimir (parish): 430 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 670 (total dwellings: 736) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 99% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 1% 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint-Casimir, Quebec」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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