Grandes-Piles (Québec)
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Name (Latin)
Grandes-Piles (Québec)
Other forms of name
Saint-Jacques-des-Piles (Québec)
St-Jacques-des-Piles (Québec)
Coordinates
W0724357 W0724357 N0464100 N0464100 (geonames )
Associated country
Canada
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Lavergne Giguère, Y. Paroisse St-Jacques des Piles, 1885-1991, 1994:t.p. (St-Jacques des Piles)
- NLC, 03-15-97(Grandes-Piles (Québec); x-ref. (Saint-Jacques-des-Piles (Québec))
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Wikipedia description:
Grandes-Piles (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d pil]) is a village municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The name of Grandes-Piles (literally "large piles") has uncertain origin. One of the best-known but false explanations is that it referred to a stack of logs entanglement on the rocks of the Saint-Maurice that inspired the early settlers. Another explanation claims that it referred to the large rocks used by the indigenous Americans to grind grain. It may also refer to the stack of stratums, horizontal sedimentary layers that are exposed in this part of the Mauricie. It is twinned with the city of Clamecy, Nièvre in France since 1996.
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