Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Maison-Masse2.jpg
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°09′W / 45.783°N 73.150°W / 45.783; -73.150Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°09′W / 45.783°N 73.150°W / 45.783; -73.150
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMLa Vallée-du-Richelieu
Settled1694
ConstitutedDecember 24, 1997
Government
 • MayorJacques Villemaire
 • Federal ridingPierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
 • Prov. ridingBorduas
Area
 • Total86.40 km2 (33.36 sq mi)
 • Land85.01 km2 (32.82 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,285
 • Density26.9/km2 (70/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011Increase 1.9%
 • Dwellings992
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways Route 133
Route 137
Websitewww.stdenis
surrichelieu.ca

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the southwestern part of Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,285.

History

In 1694, King Louis XIV granted the Seigneurie of Saint-Denis to the aristocrat French Army officer, Louis-François De Gannes, sieur de Falaise of Buxeuil, Vienne, France. He named his seigniory after his wife, Barbe Denys.

A great stone Roman Catholic Saint-Denis Church was completed in 1796.

On November 23, 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu was the site of the murder of British courier, Lieutenant George Weir by Patriotes. Subsequently, the Patriotes, calling themselves The Sons of Liberty based on the American model, won a battle here against the British Army that marked the official beginning of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Today, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu has a museum called the Maison nationale des Patriotes, an interpretation centre that presents a history of the Patriotes movement that was led by the villager's most famous resident, Wolfred Nelson.

On October 21s 2012, a monument to the memory of Louis-Joseph Papineau was unveiled in a park next to City Hall, along the river, by Québec Premiere Pauline Marois.

Demographics

See also


This page was last updated at 2023-04-05 10:48 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari