Boucherville

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Boucherville
Sainte-Famille church
Sainte-Famille church
Location in Quebec
Boucherville (Quebec)
Boucherville
Boucherville
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Quebec
Administrative region : Montérégie
MRC or equivalent : Longueuil
Coordinates : 45 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 27 ′  W
Height : 14  m
Area : 70.81 km²
Residents : 40,753 (as of 2011)
Population density : 575.5 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 )
Municipality number: 58033
Postal code : J4B
Area code : +1 450
Mayor : Jean Martel
Website : www.ville.boucherville.qc.ca
Located in the Longueuil agglomeration
Located in the Longueuil agglomeration

Boucherville is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Montérégie administrative region across from Montreal . Boucherville is part of the Longueuil agglomeration , has an area of ​​70.81 km² and has 40,753 inhabitants (2011). From 2002 to 2006 Boucherville was a district of Longueuil .

geography

Boucherville is located on the east bank of the St. Lawrence River in the Rive-Sud region , in largely flat terrain. The Îles de Boucherville, located in the river, belongs to the urban area. This archipelago belongs to the Hochelaga archipelago and consists of around a dozen islands, including the Île Grosbois, Île de la Commune, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Île Saint-Jean and Île Tourte-Blanche. The 8.14 km² Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville covers most of this archipelago. Neighboring municipalities are Varennes in the north, Sainte-Julie in the northeast, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville in the southeast, Longueuil in the south and Montreal and Montréal-Ouest in the west (on the opposite side of the St. Lawrence River on the Île de Montréal ) .

history

Pierre Boucher
City arms

Pierre Boucher , the French governor of Trois-Rivières , was awarded the Seigneurie Îles-Percées in 1664. When he resigned from office in 1667, he established a fortified settlement on the riverbank that was soon called Boucherville. The first wooden church was built in 1670, eight years later the parish of Sainte-Famille was founded. Agriculture remained the dominant industry for almost three centuries. A major fire destroyed almost all houses in 1843. In the 1950s, population growth began and Boucherville developed into a suburb of Montreal and received city status in 1957. Boucherville also quickly gained in importance as an industrial location from the mid-1960s after the motorway opened.

The government of the province of Québec ordered the merger of several municipalities with the city of Longueuil , which came into effect on January 1, 2002. Boucherville now formed a district of Longueuil. This approach met with great resistance in parts of the population. In a referendum on January 20, 2004, 63.8% of the voters spoke out in favor of the separation, whereby the required quorum of 35% yes-votes of all voters was clearly exceeded. The community was re-established on January 1, 2006, but had to cede some competencies to the community association of the agglomeration Longueuil . Boucherville is a member of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal association founded in 2000 .

population

According to the 2011 census, Boucherville had 40,753 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 575.5 inh / km². 92.4% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 2.3%. 0.6% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages ​​and multiple answers accounted for 4.7%. Only French spoke 58.1%. In 2001, 93.7% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.1% Protestant and 4.1% of no religious denomination.

Transport and economy

Boucherville is on Autoroute 20 . This highway runs from Montreal via Drummondville and Lévis to Rivière-du-Loup . It crosses the St. Lawrence River by means of the Pont Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine , a combined bridge and tunnel structure; the eastern part up to the Île Sainte-Marguerite is above ground, the western part is underground. On the river bank, the motorway crosses with the main road Route 132 ( Longueuil - Sorel-Tracy ), which is developed like a motorway in the urban area. The bus companies Réseau de transport de Longueuil and CIT Sorel-Varennes , which connect Boucherville with several neighboring communities and the Montreal Metro, are responsible for local public transport .

There is a 7 km² industrial and commercial zone on both sides of the motorway; there are around 600 companies in various industries with over 23,000 jobs. The most important company with its headquarters in Boucherville is RONA , a retail chain for household appliances and garden articles.

Town twinning

Boucherville has a partnership with the French commune of Mortagne-au-Perche , home of city founder Pierre Boucher. Other partner communities are Kingston (Ontario) in Canada and Les Abymes in the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe .

Personalities

photos

  • Manoir François-Pierre Boucher (1740)

  • Maison Quintal-Quesnel (1750)

  • Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville

  • Former monastery of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame (1888–1972)

Web links

Commons : Boucherville  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boucherville. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 2, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Histoire et patrimoine. City of Boucherville, accessed January 2, 2014 (French).
  3. ↑ Référendums du 20 juin 2004. Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed on January 2, 2014 (French).
  4. ↑ Population profile of the Boucherville parish. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 2, 2014 (French).
  5. ↑ Population profile of the Boucherville parish. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 2, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Boucherville aujourd'hui. City of Boucherville, accessed January 2, 2014 (French).
  7. ^ Website Boucherville