Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa də lil dɔʁleɑ̃], lit.
'Saint-François of the Orléans Island') is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality.
The village is situated on the north-eastern tip of Orléans Island, and the municipality also includes the Madame and Ruau Islands, part of the Montmagny Archipelago.
[4] The Parish of Saint-François-de-Sales was founded in 1679, named after Francis de Sales (1567-1622) and calling to mind Francois Berthelot, Comte de Jouy and de Saint-Laurent, representative of Paris in parliament and Seigneur of Île d'Orléans (1675) at the time the parish was established.
It was also known as just Saint-François, and maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries would show either one or the other form.