Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec

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official_name = Municipalité de la Paroisse
de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Regional County Municipality
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_name1 = Quebec
subdivision_name2 = Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Claude Boyer
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population_total = 2511
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population_density_km2 = 101.5
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latd = 45 | latm = 51| lats = 0 | latNS = N
longd = 74 | longm = 8 | longs = 0 | longEW = W
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website = http://www.sadl.qc.ca/
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Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut in Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative region of Laurentides. The municipality was founded in 1946 and was assigned the municipal number 77035 by the Quebec government. The Roman Catholic parish of Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs was founded in 1940.

Demographics

According to the 2001} Census results compiled by Statistics Canada, there were 2,511 inhabitants (up 12.3% from 2,236 in 1996), a land area of 24.73 square kilometres, a population density of 101.5 per square kilometre, and 1,539 private dwellings.

Public services

The postal code for Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs is J0R 1B0. The municipality is served by a post office at Lac Guindon and two rural routes.

Telephone service is provided through a Bell Canada telephone exchange at Prévost.

Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Piedmont, Prévost and some other communities in the Laurentians.

Politics

* Mayor: Claude Boyer.
* Secretary-Treasurer: Christiane Côté.
* Member of Parliament::*Johanne Deschamps (Bloc Québécois).:*Monique Guay (Bloc Québécois).
* Member of the National Assembly of Quebec: Claude Cousineau (Parti Québécois).

Lac Marois Country Club

The Lac Marois Country Club, located on the shores of Lac Marois, is a members only club open from late June to the end of August.

It was founded in 1903 for outdoor church services. Land was donated in 1910 and the Lac Marois Union Church was built. The Lac Marois Country Club came into being in 1929, as a means to fulfill more than spiritual needs, and requested the church grant them the right to build a clubhouse on church property.

The Union Church owns the property and leases the land to the Interlake Youth Club, the parent company of the Lac Marois Country Club.

References

* [http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/carto.asp?Speci=56036&Latitude=45,85&Longitude=-74,13333&Zoom=1700 Commission de la toponymie du Québec. Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (Municipalité de paroisse)] Retrieved May 22, 2006.
* [http://www.statcan.ca Statistics Canada]
* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html The Atlas of Canada]
* [http://parl.gc.ca/ House of Commons, Canada]

External links

* [http://www.sadl.qc.ca/ Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs]
* [http://www.reseaubiblioduquebec.qc.ca/portail/index.aspx?page=3&BID=856 Bibliothèque de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs - Réseau BIBLIO des Laurentides ]
* [http://www.tourismepdh.org/ Tourisme Pays-d'en-Haut ]
* [http://www.cldpdh.org/ Centre local de développement des Pays-d'en-Haut]
* [http://www.cldpdh.org/fr/index-territoire.html Centre local de développement des Pays-d'en-Haut. List of communities ]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2477035&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=2477035 Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community profiles. Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs]
* [http://www.sdmf.biz/sadl Comité des Citoyens de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs]