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Saint-Adelphe | |
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 Principale Street | |
| Motto: Fidèle à son devoir (Faithful with his duty) | |
 Location within Mékinac RCM | |
  Saint-Adelphe Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°44′N 72°26′W / 46.733°N 72.433°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | October 19, 1891 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paul Labranche |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
• Total | 139.00 km2 (53.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 137.08 km2 (52.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 922 |
| • Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.0% |
| • Dwellings | 557 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-352 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Adelphe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿adɛlf]) is a parish municipality located in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM), located in Mauricie, Quebec province, Canada.
Usage includes Saint-Adelphe in the Batiscanie, common name to refer to the region.
In 1885, the settlers, who came to most of Saint-Stanislas of the two Batiscan riversides, agreed to ask the bishop to erect a Catholic Parish. At the founding of the parish of Saint-Adelphe, canonically erected in 1885, Louis-François Richer Laflèche, Bishop of Trois-Rivières wanted to pay tribute to the priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (1852-1882), Edward Louis-Adolphe Dupuis (1823-1893), who had marked the location of the church.
Considering that the Roman martyrology not count Saint-Adolphe, he chose Saint-Adelphe, bishop and confessor, whose religious festival is celebrated on 29 August, and whose name differs only by a vowel. This explanation, advanced by Pierre-Georges Roy, seems ill explain whereas at least one saint named Adolphe Adolf of Osnabrück (1216-1224).[1]
According to the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, Batiscan designation comes from an "important Indian captain." Different authors attribute the origin of the name Batiscan various interpretations, all of Indian origin "haze" or "crushed bone", "dried meat" and "rushes to the mouth."
The Post Office is itself designated since 1891 under the name of "Saint-Adelphe-de-Champlain". Saint-Adelphe was formerly known as "Pierre-Paul" sector, the name of a tributary of the Batiscan River.
- ^ "Saint-Adelphe". Commission de toponymie Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. 1968-12-05. Retrieved 2023-11-05.