{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} '''Saint-Louis-de-France''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ lwi də fʁɑ̃s}}) was one of the six sectors of the City of Trois-Rivières. Prior to January 1, 2002 it was a city in Quebec of about 7,246 inhabitants. During the Quebec municipal reorganizations of 2002, it was amalgamated with the municipalities of Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières-Ouest and Pointe-du-Lac, to form the current town of Trois-Rivières.
== History ==
Founded in 1904, it had the status of a parish municipality from 1904 to 1993 and then a city from 1993 to 2002.
<blockquote><big> Saint-Louis-de-France (secteur), Trois-Rivières City</big> ''. . . It is argued that Saint-Louis-de-France (1214-1270) being the first holder of the former mission of the Vieilles-Forges (1740), to which Saint-Louis-de-France once belonged, renamed in 1921 Saint-Michel-Archange-des-Forges, sometimes Saint-Michel-Archange-des-Vieilles-Forges, it is for this reason that his name was transplanted to the parish on whose territory the Forges du Saint-Maurice began their activities in 1738. Canonized in 1297, Louis IX demonstrated a great spirit of peace and piety.''
. . . ''However, account may also have been taken of the fact that the bishop of Trois-Rivières, Monseigneur Laflèche (1818-1898), to whom petitions were submitted to open a new parish, was Louis-François. According to another explanation, Saint-Louis-de-France would constitute a calque of Saint-Louis-des-Français, name of the French national church of Rome.'' — Source: Trois-Rivières, origine et signification,<ref>{{cite web |title=Trois-Rivières, Saint-Louis-de-France (Ville) ancien nom |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=63803 |website=Commission de toponymie Quebec |publisher=Government of Quebec |access-date=27 June 2023}} translate from french</ref> </blockquote>
== Photos == <big>Trois-Rivières, Saint-Louis-de-France (secteur)</big> <gallery mode="packed" caption = "Champlain River"> File:Secteur_St_Louis_de_France_005.jpg|Bridge P10294, Saint-Alexis street File:Secteur_St_Louis_de_France_009.jpg|Bridge P10294, Saint-Alexis street File:Secteur_St_Louis_de_France_010.jpg|Panel bridge P10294,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridge P-10294 - Inventaire et inspection des structures |url=https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/structures/Pages/inventaires-structures.aspx |website=Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable |publisher=Government of Quebec |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> Saint-Alexis street </gallery>
== Notes and references == {{reflist}}
{{Subdivisions of Quebec}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|display=title|name=Saint-Louis-de-France, Quebec|46|25|20|N|72|37|31.7|W}}
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