Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°09′W / 45.783°N 73.150°WCoordinates: 45°47′N 73°09′W / 45.783°N 73.150°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Settled	1694
Constituted	December 24, 1997
Government[2][3]
• Mayor	Jacques Villemaire
• Federal riding	Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area[2][4]
• Total	86.40 km^2 (33.36 sq mi)
• Land	85.01 km^2 (32.82 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• Total	2,285
• Density	26.9/km^2 (70/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.9%
• Dwellings	992
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1K0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 133 Route 137
Website	www.stdenis surrichelieu.ca

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the southwestern part of the Province 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 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

Population Population trend:[5] Census Population Change (%) 2011 2,285 1.9% 2006 2,243 2.7% 2001 2,183 (+) 47.46% 1996 1,147 0.5% 1991 1,153 N/A (+) Amalgamation of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Denis.

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,505 97.41% English only 15 0.97% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 25 1.62%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Battle of Saint-Denis (1837)

References

1. Reference number 333325 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VERCHÈRES--LES PATRIOTES (Quebec)
4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
6. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

External links

• George Weir's "sadistic" murder at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography online
• History and architectural details of the Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu at the Quebec religious heritage Foundation (English & French languages)
• Maison nationale des Patriotes museum information website