Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
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"Solidarity in work"
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Témiscouata—Les Basques
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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.[3] Its economy is mainly agricultural. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick.
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The Commission de toponymie du Québec asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an impasse;[4] see Ha-ha. The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region, or Louis-Antoine Proulx, vicar of Rivière-du-Loup, or perhaps the abbot Louis-Nicolas Bernier.[1] Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name, and shares the distinction of having an exclamation point in its name with Westward Ho!, a village in Devon, in south-west England.[4]
History
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[5]
In September 2017, the municipality established a Guinness World Record for the "Most exclamation marks in a town name".[6]
Demographics
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
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saint Lawrence River in the Côte-Nord region.[8]
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.[9]
- Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone
- Hamilton!, Ohio, United States, city that briefly added an exclamation point to its name
- List of parish municipalities in Quebec
- Rivière Ha! Ha!: A river in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.[10]
- Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States; a town that renamed itself after a radio show
- Westward Ho!, a village in Devon, England
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References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57133". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 13080". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052413080&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Saint-Louis-du-Ha!%20Ha! [bare URL]
- ^ a b Jeffries, Stuart (29 April 2009). "The joy of exclamation marks!". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "TransCanadaHighway.com St Louis du Ha Ha, Quebec". FoundLocally.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ "Rivière Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
External links
Media related to Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! at Wikimedia Commons
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
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- Packington
- Saint-Eusèbe
- Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
- Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long
- Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent:
Kamouraska - La Matapédia
- La Mitis
- Les Basques
- La Matanie
- Rimouski-Neigette
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Témiscouata
- Indian Reserves
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- Whitworth