Jump to content

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Parish municipality
Aerial view of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Aerial view of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Coat of arms of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Solidaire dans le labeur (French)
"Solidarity in work"
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is located in Eastern Quebec
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°40′13″N 68°58′54″W / 47.6703°N 68.9817°W / 47.6703; -68.9817[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMTémiscouata
Named1874
Constituted14 July 1874
Government
[2]
 • MayorMélissa Lord
 • Federal ridingCôte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
 • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
112.23 km2 (43.33 sq mi)
 • Land110.08 km2 (42.50 sq mi)
 The provincial and federal governments disagree on the total area; the latter makes no claim regarding the land area.
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
1,311
 • Density11.7/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 1.5%
 • Dwellings
594
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0L 3S0
Area codes418 and 581
Highways A-85 (TCH)
Websitewww.saintlouisduhaha.com

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lwi dy a a]) is a parish municipality in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The population is 1,311 as of 2021.[3] Its economy is mainly agricultural. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (A-85), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick.

History

[edit]

The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[4]

Haha is an archaic French word meaning "unexpected obstacle", referring in this case to a sharp bend in nearby Lake Témiscouata, at which voyageurs heading for the St. Lawrence River would have to leave the lake and make a long portage (see Chemin du Portage). Alternative explanations linking the name to various Amerindian words are regarded as fanciful.[5]

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation marks in its name (Westward Ho!, in Devon, England, has one). In September 2017, the municipality received a Guinness World Record for the most exclamation marks in a town name.[6]

Demographics

[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! had a population of 1,311 living in 552 of its 594 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 1,292. With a land area of 112.23 km2 (43.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 11.7/km2 (30.3/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ "Reference number 57133". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 13080". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  4. ↑ "TransCanadaHighway.com St Louis du Ha Ha, Quebec". TransCanada FoundLocally Inc. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  5. ↑ Commission de Toponymie du Québec (1994). Noms et Lieux du Québec: Dictionaire Illustré. Sainte-Foy: Publications du Québec. pp. 265 f., 696. ISBN 2-551-14050-1.
  6. ↑ "Saint Louis du Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record nod for its exclamation marks". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  9. ↑ "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  10. ↑ "Rivière Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
[edit]
  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! at Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikivoyage logo Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Official website (in French)
  • fr:Ha! Ha! (in French), a disambiguation page in the French Wikipedia for "Ha! Ha!" place names in Quebec
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Louis-du-Ha!_Ha!&oldid=1379879112"