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Saint-Liboire
Saint-Liboire (or Saint-Liboire-de-Bagot) is a municipality in the municipalité régionale de comté des Maskoutains in Québec, Canada, located in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the 2011 Canadian Census was 3,051. History Before the foundation of Saint-Liboire, the actual town territory was included in the Seigneurie de Ramezay given to Claude de Ramezay near 1710. The village municipality was founded in 1857 with the purpose to offer more arable lands to the Catholic colonists coming from the Saint-Hyacinthe region. It became the chief town of Bagot County. Reading suggestion The book ''Centenaire de Saint-Liboire, 20-24 juin 1957 : album-souvenir, 1857-1957'' written by Dollard Boucher and Armand Laliberté, and is available at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Demographics Population Language See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,637. History This municipality was born from the merger, in 1977, of the parish municipality of Sainte-Hélène, founded in 1855, and the village municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, founded in 1925. Geography Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot is located between Saint-Hyacinthe and Drummondville and is crossed by the Highway 20 - Jean-Lesage, the village on one side and the land on the other. Its location allowed, in the 1970s, with the construction of a highway between Montreal and Quebec, to become a stopover village. Several restaurants and service stations are present in this locality of 1500 inhabitants. According to the Ministry of Transport of Quebec, more than 1000 trucks a day stop in this small village. The municipality was once part of County of Bagot. It is now part of the provincial r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Simon, Montérégie, Quebec
Saint-Simon is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Yamaska River in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 1,413. Demographics Population Language Communities * Clairveaux-de-Bagot * Saint-Georges-de-Bagot * Saint-Simon-de-Bagot See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Simon, Monteregie, Quebec Incorporated places in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality Municipalities in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Quebec
__FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are municipalities and equivalents. Quebec's 1,218 municipalities include 87 regional county municipalities at the supralocal level and 1,131 local municipalities ( of its census subdivisions). Generally, most local municipalities, as well as some unorganized territories, are nested within regional county municipalities. The 1,218 municipalities are directly responsible for the provision of public transit, fire protection, potable water, water purification, and waste management services to its residents. They also share responsibility with the province in the provision of housing, road networks, police protection, recreation and culture, parks and natural spaces, and land use planning and development. Below the regional county municipality lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe. The name comes from Algonquin word ''maskutew'' meaning "bear plain" in plular. Subdivisions There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Saint-Hyacinthe * Saint-Pie ;Municipalities (13) * La Présentation * Saint-Barnabé-Sud * Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville * Saint-Damase * Saint-Dominique * Saint-Hugues * Saint-Jude * Saint-Liboire * Saint-Louis * Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu * Saint-Simon * Saint-Valérien-de-Milton * Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot ;Parishes (1) * Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ;Villages (1) * Sainte-Madeleine Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** ** * ... [...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. Among the cities in the numbering plan area are Laval, Longueuil, Terrebonne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard, Repentigny, Saint-Jérôme, Granby, 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 ( East Hawkesbury), near Pointe-Fortune have +1-450-451-xxxx numbers from the Rigaud exchange. History Area code 514 served the entire Montreal area for over half-a-century. However, by the mid-1990s, it was on the verge of exhaustion because of Montreal's rapid growth and Canada's inefficient system of number allocation. All competitive local exchange carriers in Canada are allocated blocks of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of J Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is J. Postal codes beginning with J are located within the Canadian province of Quebec. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ..., and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Western and Northern Quebec - 159 FSAs Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Communicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hyacinthe (provincial Electoral District)
Saint-Hyacinthe is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It notably includes the cities of Saint-Hyacinthe and Saint-Pie. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained La Présentation from Verchères electoral district and Saint-Pie Saint-Pie is a city in the Montérégie region of southwest Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,438. The former parish municipality of Saint-Pie was amalgamated into the City of Saint-Pie on February 28, 2003. Demograph ... from Iberville electoral district. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results ^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River. Quebec Autoroute 20 runs perpendicular to the river. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the same name. History Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon dit Delorme, owner of the seigneurie, started its settlement in 1757. He gave his patron saint name (Saint Hyacinth the Confessor of Poland) to the seigneurie, which was made a city in 1850. St. Hyacinth's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe. It was erected in 1852. 2001 merger As part of the 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on 27 December 2001, the city of Saint-Hyacinthe amalgamated with five neighbouring towns (listed here with their populations as of 2001): * Saint-Hyacinth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe and St. Hyacinthe—Bagot) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983. In the 2015 election, the winner received the lowest vote percentage of any winning candidate in the country. Geography The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine, and Saint-Dominique. Political geography Almost all of the riding voted for the Bloc in 2006 except for parts of Roxton Falls and its surrounding township, Roxton which voted Conservative. History The electoral district was created in 1933 as "St. Hyacinthe—Bagot". In 1947, the name was changed to "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot". In 1966, the riding was abolished. Parts of the riding were combined with parts of Chambly—Rouvill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliothèque Et Archives Nationales Du Québec
The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ( 'National Library and Archives of Quebec') or BAnQ is a Quebec government agency which manages the province's legal deposit system, national archives, and national library. Located at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, the BAnQ was created by the merging of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec and the Archives nationales du Québec in 2006. The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec had previously merged with the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec in 2002. History The National Archives of Quebec (, ANQ) were founded on 2 September 1920, with Pierre-Georges Roy as Quebec's first Head Archivist. The purpose of the institution was to process historical materials, more specifically public archives and the Quebec government's archives, and to collect documents pertaining to the history of Quebec. the ANQ were brought under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cultural Affairs in 1961, and renamed the Archives de la province de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagot County
Bagot may refer to: People *Alec Bagot (1893–1968), Australian adventurer, polemicist and politician *Baron Bagot, title in the Peerage of Great Britain *Charles Bagot (1781–1843), English diplomat and colonial administrator *Charles Hervey Bagot (1788–1880), South Australian parliamentarian *John Bagot (other), several people *Josceline Bagot (1854–1913), British army officer and MP *Lewis Bagot (1740–1802), Anglican cleric *Milicent Bagot (1907–2006), British intelligence officer *Richard Bagot (other), several people **Richard Bagot (writer) (1860–1921), English novelist and essayist **Richard Bagot (bishop) (1782–1854), English cleric *Theodosia Bagot (1865–1940), British nurse and benefactor *Walter Bagot (other), several people **Sir Walter Bagot (died 1622) (1557–1622/23), Member of Parliament for Tamworth **Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (1644–1704), English barrister and landowner **Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet (1702–1768 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
