View source for L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | name                 = L'Anse-Saint-Jean
 | native_name          = 
 | settlement_type      = [[Municipality (Quebec)|Municipality]]
 | image_skyline        = Anse St Jean mtnv.jpg
 | imagesize            = 
 | image_caption        = 
 | image_flag           = L'Anse-Saint-Jean flag.svg 
 | flag_size            = 120x100px
 | image_shield         = 
 | shield_size          = 100x80px
 | nickname             = 
 | motto                = 
 | image_map            = Carte MRC Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - L'Anse-Saint-Jean.svg
 | mapsize              = 200px
 | pushpin_map          = Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
 | pushpin_label_position = left
 | pushpin_label        = 
 | pushpin_map_caption  = Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
 | coordinates          = {{coord|48|14|N|70|12|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
 | coor_pinpoint        = 
 | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
 | subdivision_type     = Country
 | subdivision_name     = Canada
 | subdivision_type1    = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
 | subdivision_name1    = [[Quebec]]
 | subdivision_type2    = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
 | subdivision_name2    = [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]]
 | subdivision_type3    = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
 | subdivision_name3    = [[Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality|Le Fjord-du-Saguenay]]
 | established_title    = Settled
 | established_date     = 1839
 | established_title1   = Constituted
 | established_date1    = 1 January 1859
 | government_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot>Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/94210/ L'Anse-Saint-Jean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211234039/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/94210/ |date=2015-12-11}}</ref>
 | government_type      = 
 | leader_title         = Mayor
 | leader_name          = Richard Perron
 | leader_title1        = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
 | leader_name1         = [[Chicoutimi—Le Fjord]]
 | leader_title2        = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
 | leader_name2         = [[Dubuc (provincial electoral district)|Dubuc]]
 | area_footnotes = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="cp2021">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052494210&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=L%27Anse-Saint-Jean|title=L'Anse-Saint-Jean census profile|publisher=Statistics Canada|work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census data]]|access-date=2025-01-09}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2       = 530.20
 | area_land_km2        = 501.79
 | area_water_km2       =
 | elevation_footnotes  = 
 | elevation_m          = 
 | population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2021"/>
 | population_total     = 1301
 | population_as_of     = 2021
 | population_density_km2= 2.6
 | population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>(2016–21)</small>
 | population_blank1    = {{increase}} 8.3%
 | population_blank2_title= Dwellings
 | population_blank2    = 961
 | population_note     = 
 | timezone             = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
 | utc_offset           = −5
 | timezone_DST         = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
 | utc_offset_DST       = −4
 | postal_code_type     = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
 | postal_code          = [[List of G postal codes of Canada|G0V 1J0]]
 | area_codes            = [[Area codes 418 and 581|418 and 581]]
 | blank_name           = Highways
 | blank_info           = {{jct|state=QC|QC|170}}
 | website              = {{URL|www.lanse-saint-jean.ca}}
 | footnotes            =
}}

'''L'Anse-Saint-Jean''' ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃s sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃}}), [[French language|French]] for "The Cove of Saint John" is a [[municipality (Quebec)|municipality]] in the [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada. Its population was 1,301 in the [[Canada 2021 Census]].

L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from [[Charlevoix]] which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization.

The village achieved some fame in 1997 when its citizens voted in a referendum to declare the village a "municipal monarchy" as the '''Kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean'''.

==History==
===Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean===
[[File:Anse St Jean.jpg|thumb|View of the river]]
The village's citizens held a referendum on 21 January 1997, to turn the village into ''Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean'' (the kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gardinetti |first=R. Georges |last2=Vézina |first2=Valérie |date=2021 |title=Anachronistic Progressivism: Advancing Sovereignty through Monarchy - The story of the Kingdom of L’Anse-Saint-Jean |url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_04_Gardinetti_Vezina.pdf |journal=Transformations |issue=35 |pages=52–64}}</ref> The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on 24 June, [[Fete nationale du Quebec|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]], in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and announced plans to build a "vegetable oratory," Saint-Jean-du-Millénaire (Saint John of the Millennium).<ref name=grandquebec>{{cite web|url=http://grandquebec.com/misteres-du-quebec/monarchie/|website=Grand Quebec|title=Monarchie de l'Anse-St-Jean}}</ref> 

This [[micronation]]al project was cheerfully conceded to be a way of boosting [[tourism]] in the region, which had been hit by the 1996 [[Saguenay Flood]].<ref name=guy>{{cite web|url=https://www.guyboulianne.info/2015/10/18/le-royaume-de-lanse-saint-jean-la-premiere-monarchie-en-amerique/|title=Le Royaume de l’Anse-Saint-Jean, la première monarchie en Amérique|website=Guy Boulianne|first=Guy|last=Boulianne}}</ref>

Denys I abdicated on 14 January 2000, bringing the purported kingdom to an end.<ref name=grandquebec /><ref name=guy />

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Image:L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec marina.JPG|{{center|View of the marina}}
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |135547}}</ref>
}}

=== Related articles ===
* [[Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality]]
* [[Saint-Jean River (Saguenay River tributary)|Saint-Jean River]], a watercourse
* [[Zec de la Rivière-Saint-Jean-du-Saguenay]], a [[controlled harvesting zone]] (zec)
* [[Saint-Jean Bay (Saguenay River)|Saint-Jean Bay]], a bay

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|L'Anse-Saint-Jean}}
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.roidelanse.qc.ca/ Monarchy of L'Anse-Saint-Jean]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = L'Anse-Saint-Jean
 | North     = ''[[Saguenay River]]'' / [[Mont-Valin, Quebec|Mont-Valin]]
 | Northeast = 
 | East      = [[Petit-Saguenay, Quebec|Petit-Saguenay]]<br>[[Sagard, Quebec|Sagard]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Mont-Élie, Quebec|Mont-Élie]]
 | Southwest = [[Lac-Pikauba, Quebec|Lac-Pikauba]]
 | West      = [[Rivière-Éternité, Quebec|Rivière-Éternité]]<br>[[Lalemant, Quebec|Lalemant]]
 | Northwest = 
}}
{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean}}
{{Micronations}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Micronations in Canada]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1997]]
[[Category:1838 establishments in Lower Canada]]


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