Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Capitale-Nationale | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | La Cote-de-Beaupré | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 1 ′ N , 70 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 5.98 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2803 (status: 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 468.7 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 16013 | ||
| Postal code : | G0A | ||
| Mayor : | Jean-Luc Fortin | ||
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a city ( ville ) in the MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré in the Canadian province of Québec .
It is located on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River around 30 km northeast of the provincial capital Québec . According to the 2006 census, the city had 2,803 inhabitants. The area is 64.38 km².
The basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a Catholic place of worship and is visited by around half a million pilgrims every year . The basilica is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in North America.
history
The first colonists from France arrived in the region around 1650. In March 1658, a chapel was built on an estate transferred from Étienne de Lessard. A second followed in 1661. In 1787 the church was enlarged. The present church was consecrated in 1876, and in 1887 the Pope elevated it to a minor basilica ; However, the church burned down in 1922, so that two years later the new building had to be started, which was consecrated ten years later. During his visit to Canada, John Paul II was also received in the basilica. The city of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré was created in 1973 through the amalgamation of several municipalities. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré has been part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec association since 2002 .
literature
- Lucien Gagné, Jean-Pierre Asselin: Sainte Anne de Beaupré. Pilgrim's Grail for Three Hundred Years , Québec 1984; Translation by Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. Trois cents ans de pèlerinage , 1967.
Web links
- James Wilson Morrice: Painting Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (in winter), 1897, in an illustrated book from 2014/2015