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Contrecœur
Contrecœur () is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 9,480. Contrecœur is approximately northeast of Montreal and is accessible via Autoroute 30, the main road from the southwest, which continues on to Sorel-Tracy. History In 1672, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur, a soldier of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, originally from Saint-Chef, Isère, France, was granted a seigneury by King Louis XIV. He and 68 other pioneers founded the town in 1681, and it is named in his honour. A migratory bird sanctuary is located near the town on Contrecœur Island. Contrecœur is currently twinned with Saint-Chef, in southeast France, and has been since 1993. The steel mill in Contrecoeur-West was in 1994 privatised by the Quebec government. The initial owner of Norambar was Stelco, until Mittal purchased it in 2004. The steel mill in Contrecoeur-Est, Sidbec-Dosco, was privatised in 1994 into I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Pécaudy De Contrecœur
Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur (; 1596 – May 1, 1688) was an officer in the Carignan-Salières Regiment and the first seigneur of Contrecœur. His son, François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur, inherited the seigneury from his father. Antoine Pécaudy came to New France New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Br ... in 1665 and was still an active military man attaining the rank of captain. He led numerous campaigns and was wounded several times. He stayed in Canada at the time the regiment disbanded. A number of the officers who stayed were granted generous lands. His seigneury gave its name to present-day Contrecoeur, Quebec. External links Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' People of New France 1596 births 1688 deaths {{KingdomofFr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carignan-Salières Regiment
The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a 17th-century French military unit formed by the merging of two other regiments in 1659. Approximately 1,100 men from the regiment were sent to New France in 1665 to deal with the threat of the Iroquois to the colony. While in New France they were under the command of the Lieutenant Général of the Americas, Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy; the Governor General of New France, Governor General, Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle; and their colonel, Henri de Chastelard de Salières. The regiment constructed fortifications along the Richelieu River, and took part in three expeditions against the Iroquois in 1666. A peace settlement was reached the following year. Roughly 400 officers and soldiers remained behind in New France as settlers when the regiment returned to France in 1668. Early history The Carignan-Salières Regiment was the result of the merger of the Carignan Regiment with the Salières Regiment in 1659. The Carignan Regiment was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Codes 450 And 579
Area codes 450, 579, and 354 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, as well as the rest of the Montérégie region southward to the border with New York (state), New York state. Among the cities in the numbering plan area are Laval, Quebec, Laval, Longueuil, Terrebonne, Quebec, Terrebonne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard, Repentigny, Quebec, Repentigny, Saint-Jérôme, Granby, Quebec, Granby, Blainville, Quebec, Blainville and Saint-Hyacinthe. Area code 450 is also shared by several small communities in an adjacent part of Ontario: some landline customers in Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario, Chute-à-Blondeau (East Hawkesbury, Ontario, East Hawkesbury), near Pointe-Fortune, Quebec, Pointe-Fortune use numbers from the Rigaud, Quebec, Rigaud exchange 451. History Area code 514 served the entire Montreal area for over half-a-century. However, by the mid-1990s, it was on the ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality
Marguerite-D'Youville () is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères. The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, after Christophe du Frost de Lajemmerais, the father of Marguerite d'Youville. On February 12, 2011, the name was changed to honour d'Youville directly. However, Statistics Canada retained the name "Lajemmerais" for the 2011 census because the name change came after its reference date of January 1, 2011. Since the 2016 census, the name has correctly been displayed as "Marguerite-D'Youville." Subdivisions There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Contrecœur * Saint-Amable * Sainte-Julie * Varennes ;Municipalities (2) * Calixa-Lavallée * Verchères Former municipalities * Boucherville (now part of the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil) Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec that had been included in the electoral districts of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and Verchères—Les Patriotes. Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères was created by the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election, 2015 federal election, held 19 October 2015. The riding was supposed to be named Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères. Profile The Bloc Québécois has traditionally drawn stronger support in the northern, more rural, areas of the riding (such as Varennes or Saint-Amable) while the other parties (mainly the Liberals, but also the NDP) have drawn their support more in the south, especially in the suburban city of Boucherville. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
