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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Feast of Saint John by French artist Jules Breton (1875) In France, the Fête de la Saint-Jean (feast of St John) is traditionally celebrated with bonfires (le feu de Saint-Jean), and is a Catholic festivity in celebration of Saint John the Baptist. It takes place on 24 June, on Midsummer day (St John's Day).
Saint-Jean-Baptiste (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ batist] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, a Canadian province. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 3,179. It is located within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in a valley between Mont Saint-Hilaire and Mont Rougemont.
The Musée du Fort Saint Jean has collected some 2,588 pictures for an online photo album illustrative of the history of Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean from 1952 to 1984. [ 8 ] Archaeology
In France, the "Fête de la Saint-Jean" (feast of St John), traditionally celebrated with bonfires (le feu de la Saint-Jean) that are reminiscent of Midsummer's pagan rituals, is a Catholic festivity in celebration of Saint John the Baptist. It takes place on June 24, (St John's day). Nowadays it is seldom celebrated.
Pointe-Taillon National Park (French: Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, pronounced [paʁk nasjɔnal də la pwɛ̃t tajɔ̃]) is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. [2] It is located on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean, northwest of Saguenay (city), northwest of Alma, near the village of Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, on the banks of Lac Saint-Jean.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc had a population of 1,101 living in 493 of its 552 total private dwellings, a change of 4.9% from its 2016 population of 1,050.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]), French for "The Cove of Saint John" is a municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 1,301 in the Canada 2021 Census .