Lanoraie, Quebec

Lanoraie
Municipality

Location within D'Autray RCM.
Lanoraie

Location in central Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°13′W / 45.967°N 73.217°W / 45.967; -73.217Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°13′W / 45.967°N 73.217°W / 45.967; -73.217[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Lanaudière
RCM D'Autray
Settled 1732
Constituted December 6, 2000
Government[2]
 • Mayor Gérard Jean[3]
 • Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. riding Berthier
Area[2][4]
 • Total 115.40 km2 (44.56 sq mi)
 • Land 103.53 km2 (39.97 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
 • Total 4,447
 • Density 43.0/km2 (111/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 9.3%
 • Dwellings 1,941
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0K 1E0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways
A-40
Route 138
Website www.lanoraie.ca

Lanoraie is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality.

History

When Jacques Cartier passed through in the 16th century, the Iroquois had already established themselves in the area, calling it Agochanda or Agouchonda, meaning "place where one stops to eat and rest". It was also in this area in 1642 that Isaac Jogues was abducted by the Mohawks along with Guillaume Couture and René Goupil, and taken into captivity and tortured.[1]

In 1672, the Intendant of New France Jean Talon granted the territory as a seignory to Louis de Niort de La Noraye (1639-1708). In 1688, the Seignory of La Noraye (also spelled as: Lanauraie, Lanoraie, Noraye) was united with the Autray Seignory, granted in 1637 to Jean Bourdon who passed it on to his son Jacques Bourdon d'Autray in 1653.[1]

Although the Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie was founded in 1732, it did not really begin to develop until 1831. In 1845, this parish was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Lanoraie, but abolished two years later in 1847, when it became part of the Berthier County Municipality. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie. In 1848, the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray was formed.[1]

On December 6, 2000, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie and the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray were merged to form the new Municipality of Lanoraie.[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1837 (total dwellings: 1941)

Mother tongue:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lanoraie (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 52017 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ Bellemare, Pierre (November 4, 2013). "Gérard Jean devient maire de Lanoraie". L'Action d'Autray. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Lanoraie census profile
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier
Saint-Thomas Saint Lawrence River / Sorel-Tracy
   Lanoraie  
Lavaltrie Saint Lawrence River / Contrecœur


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