Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba

Notre Dame de Lourdes is a predominantly Franco-Manitoban village in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in Central Plains Region, 100km south-west of Winnipeg . It is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Lorne and the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk. The village had a population of 589 inhabitants in the 2006 census, a decline of 4.85% from the 619 inhabitants during the 2001 census^[1].

The town's name (English: Our Lady of Lourdes) is a reference to the Marian apparition that is said to have appeared before various individuals in separate occasions around Lourdes, France.

History

The site of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes lies in Ojibwa country. Canadian pioneer explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye travelled through the area in 1738 while establishing a route to the ocean. The first settlers, from present-day Quebec, arrived in the 1880s. In 1891 Father Dom Benoît became the parish's first priest after arriving with French and Swiss immigrants.

External links

• Map of Notre Dame de Lourdes at Statcan

References

1. ^ Statistique Canada : Recensement 2006 : Notre Dame de Lourdes

Coordinates: 49°31′59″N 98°33′28″W / 49.53306°N 98.55778°W / 49.53306; -98.55778