Drummondville

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Drummondville
Drummondville Train Station
Drummondville Train Station
Location in Quebec
Drummondville (Quebec)
Drummondville
Drummondville
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Quebec
Administrative region : Center-du-Quebec
MRC or equivalent : Drummond
Coordinates : 45 ° 53 ′  N , 72 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 53 ′  N , 72 ° 30 ′  W
Height : 88  m
Area : 246.85 km²
Residents : 71,852 (as of 2011)
Population density : 291.1 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 )
Municipality number: 49058
Postal code : J2A-J2C, J2E
Area code : +1 819
Mayor : Alexandre Cusson
Website : www.ville.drummondville.qc.ca
Location in the MRC Drummondville
Location in the MRC Drummondville

Drummondville ( / dʁɔmɔndvil / ) is a city in the south of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the administrative region of Center-du-Québec , around 105 km northeast of Montreal and 150 km southwest of the provincial capital Québec . Drummondville is the administrative seat of Center-du-Québec and the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Drummond , has an area of ​​246.85 km² and has 71,852 inhabitants (2011).

geography

Drummondville is located on the Rivière Saint-François , a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River . Most of the built-up area extends along the left bank of the river. The river is dammed by two hydroelectric plants; on the eastern city limits it has a river bend in the shape of a duck's head, which is accordingly referred to as le Bec du Canard . Opposite the city center, on the left bank of the river, is the settlement of Saint-Charles-de-Drummond. Eight kilometers southeast of the city center is the small town of Saint-Nicéphore, twelve kilometers northwest the village of Saint-Joachim-de-Courval. The terrain is mostly flat and wooded.

Neighboring municipalities are Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults in the north, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover in the northeast, Saint-Lucien in the east, L'Avenir in the southeast, Lefebvre and Wickham in the south, Saint- Germain-de-Grantham and Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham in the west and Saint-Bonaventure and Saint-Elphège in the northwest.

history

City arms

In June 1815, Drummondville was founded by the British officer George Heriot. His intention was to settle demobilized soldiers of the British-American War on the banks of the Rivière Saint-François . These were supposed to guard an important gateway into central Québec and prevent a possible invasion by the United States . The city is named after Gordon Drummond , the then incumbent lieutenant governor. However, many of these soldiers left the area after a short time, which is why the government settled French Canadians in their place .

Due to its relative isolation, Drummondville developed slowly in the 19th century. The civil parish was founded in 1875 and received city status in 1888. The commissioning of the Hemmings Falls hydropower station in 1920 led to a marked upswing and Drummondville developed into an important industrial location. In December 1919, the Marconi Company in Drummondville began operating the radio station XWA, one of the first in Canada, for experimental purposes. Several parishes merged with the rapidly growing city: Saint-Joseph and Saint-Jean-Baptiste (1955), Drummondville-Ouest (1966), Drummondville-Sud (1982) and Grantham (1993). In 2004, the neighboring town of Saint-Nicéphore and Saint-Charles-de-Drummond and Saint-Joachim-de-Courval were incorporated.

population

According to the 2011 census, Drummondville had 71,852 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 291.1 inh / km². 96.0% of the population stated French as their main language, while English accounted for 1.1%. 0.4% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages ​​and multiple answers accounted for 2.5%. Only French spoke 72.7%. In 2001, 93.8% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.6% Protestant and 3.8% non-denominational.

Transport and economy

Drummondville is mainly developed through Autoroute 20 , the highway between the metropolises of Montreal and Québec . On the southern outskirts of the city, Autoroute 55 branches off towards Sherbrooke . Two main roads of supraregional importance cross in the city center, Route 122 and Route 143 . Drummondville is on the main rail line between Montreal and Québec; VIA-Rail express trains between the two cities stop at the station five times a day , plus trains to / from Halifax and Gaspé three times a week . There is a regional airport north of the Saint-Nicéphore district; it has a runway with a length of 1219 meters and is used for general aviation and business aviation . There is a city bus network with five lines, and the city is served by several long-distance bus lines.

There is a mall in Drummondville with over 100 stores. The German Felix Schoeller Group operates a paper mill, Girardin Minibus is the only Canadian manufacturer of school buses . Tourism is also of some importance : the Mondial des Cultures folk dance festival takes place every July, and the Village québécois d'antan open-air museum presents rural life in the 19th century.

Sports

The most famous sports team in town is the Voltigeurs de Drummondville ice hockey team in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . The home games are played in the Center Marcel Dionne with 4,000 seats.

Town twinning

open air museum
Hydroelectric power plant

Sister cities are La Roche-sur-Yon in France and Braine-l'Alleud in Belgium .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Drummondville  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ À l'origine, une colonie de militaires. City of Drummondville, accessed January 13, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Drummondville. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 13, 2014 (French).
  3. ↑ Change de cap. City of Drummondville, accessed January 13, 2014 (French).
  4. ↑ International radio and television chronicle. (No longer available online.) Basel Radio and Television Club, archived from the original on December 27, 2016 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rfcb.ch
  5. ↑ Drummondville Parish Population Profile. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 13, 2014 (French).
  6. ↑ Drummondville Parish Population Profile. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada, 2001, accessed January 13, 2014 (French).
  7. ↑ Accueil. Aéroport de Drummondville, accessed on January 13, 2014 (French).