Saint-Tite

Saint-Tite, a French-speaking town of 4,000 inhabitants, nestled in the foothills of the Laurentians, between Grandes-Piles and Saint-Adelphe, in the Maurician MRC of Mékinac. A large body of water, Lake Pierre-Paul, bathes the northeastern part of the territory.

The name of the parish of Saint-Tite is attested in 1859 and will be established thanks to the canonical and civil erection that occurred in 1863 following its detachment from Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies. The post office, opened in 1859, and the parish municipality, established in 1863, will take up the parish name that celebrates a companion of Saint Paul of Tarsus, who converted him in the 1st century by entrusting him with the task of organizing the Church of Ephesus.

• Kapibouska : of Algonquian origin, this name means "camping place where there are reeds", kapi, "camping place", baska or bouska "rushes", "reeds".

A component of Batiscanie, Saint-Tite is located 30 km northeast of Shawinigan. The territory of 92.53 km2 that makes up the municipality is located in the Mauricie region and the MRC of Mékinac. It shares its boundaries with the municipality of Sainte-Thècle, the municipality of the village of Grandes-Piles and the municipalities of the parishes of Hérouxville, Saint-Adelphe and Saint-Séverin.

The city is located in the lowlands of the Saint-Laurent, thus favoring agriculture. The relief is generally flat with a few hills and mounds. The northwest marks the limit with the Laurentians. The altitude in the municipality ranges from 110 to 309 m. The subsoil is composed of gneiss dating from the Precambrian.

In Saint-Tite, the Laurentides landscape unit is located at the southern end of the Grenville province, it follows tributaries of the Batiscan River: the Envies and Pierre-Paul rivers. This landscape is influenced by agriculture and forestry. The Saint-Tite Western Festival promotes the presence of cattle and horse breeding.