Notre-Dame-des-Monts
# Notre-Dame-des-Monts

Notre-Dame-des-Monts is a municipality of Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada.

## Geography

As its name suggests, the territory of the municipality is dotted with mountains sometimes reaching 554 metres (1,818 ft). The River du Gouffre forms its western boundary. It has an area of 57.50 kilometres (35.73 mi).

## History

The municipality was founded in 1935 under the name of canton de Sales. In 1947 the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Monts was canonically erected, and the municipality took its name the following year. One can observe from the village, a series of mountains resembling a woman lying on her back. The name given to this series of mountains is “La Noyée”. Regional legend says it is the profile of an Indian girl lying on her back, drowned as she crossed Lake Nairne to meet her beloved, a white man from the nearby hamlet.

## Demographics

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1991 | 918 | — |
| 1996 | 913 | −0.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 831 | −9.0% |
| 2006 | 764 | −8.1% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2011 | 815 | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 791 | −2.9% |

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 320 (total dwellings: 350)

### Language

Mother tongue:

* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 98.6%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 1.4%
