Cap-Santé
Cap-Santé | |
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Seal Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Ex Unitate Vires | |
Location within Portneuf RCM | |
Cap-Santé Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 71°47′W / 46.667°N 71.783°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Portneuf |
| Settled | 1679 |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Blackburn |
| • Fed. riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Portneuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.03 km2 (27.04 sq mi) |
| • Land | 54.49 km2 (21.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,594 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 1,589 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways A-40 | R-138 R-358 |
| Website | www |
Cap-Santé (French pronunciation: [kap sɑ̃te]) is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the county seat of Portneuf Regional County Municipality and was as well the county seat of the designated Portneuf County.
The name of the town means "Cape Health". Cap-Santé is on the northern bank of the Saint Lawrence River, 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Quebec City. Legend has it that this community's name was coined when soldiers suffering from an unknown disease miraculously recovered from a cure discovered in the village.
The old settlement is situated just west of the nearby Jacques-Cartier River and on the embankment of the Saint Lawrence River.