Saint-Tite, Quebec
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| Motto: L'union dans l'action | ||
 Location within Mékinac RCM. |
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| Coordinates: 46°44′N 72°34′W / 46.733°N 72.567°WCoordinates: 46°44′N 72°34′W / 46.733°N 72.567°W | ||
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Mauricie | |
| RCM | Mékinac | |
| Constituted | December 23, 1998 | |
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| • Mayor | André Léveillé | |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain | |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 92.90 km2 (35.87 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 92.53 km2 (35.73 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • City | 3,880 | |
| • Density | 41.9/km2 (109/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,306 | |
| • Urban density | 893.8/km2 (2,315/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.4% |
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| • Dwellings | 2,155 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 3H0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways |
 Route 153 Route 159
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| Website | www |
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Saint-Tite is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières, in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM) and in the Mauricie administrative region. In the 19th Century, the Batiscanie economy was mainly founded on forestry and agriculture. With many small businesses, Saint-Tite expanded through the production of leather goods and various types of shops. Saint-Tite became a capital of the region, especially concerning education, health and social services. Today, tourism counts as an important economic activity. Its chief industries were forestry, agriculture and leather goods production.
The city of Saint-Tite is particularly known for the Festival Western de Saint-Tite, which takes place for 10 days in September every year. The Festival Western de Saint-Tite was developed from a rodeo inaugurated in 1967 to promote the leather industry. The Festival Western de Saint-Tite is the largest Western attraction in Eastern Canada. This festival of Eastern style, under the epithet Western, has an international reputation. The festival's success has led to the remodeling of some of the town's infrastructures to resemble a western frontier town of the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.
Since 1999, the Rodeo of Festival Western de Saint-Tite is awarded as the "Best outdoor rodeo in Americas". The festival features a variety of activities that take place at a rate of horsemen and the sound of country music and in Eastern decor: competition, conference, parade, tasting, demonstrations, exhibitions, shows ... The horsemen and women can participate in various tests of skill on the Monte horse or wild bull (with or without a saddle). They can participate in speed events, such as steer socket, or skill tests, such as the race between barrels.
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