Repentigny
| Repentigny | |||
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 Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Repentigny |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Lanaudière | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | L'Assomption | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 73 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 15 m | ||
| Area : | 61.79 km² | ||
| Residents : | 82,000 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 1,327.1 inh / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 60013 | ||
| Postal code : | J5Y, J5Z, J6A | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Chantal Deschamps | ||
| Website : | www.ville.repentigny.qc.ca | ||
 Located in the MRC L'Assomption |
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Repentigny is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Lanaudière region , around 25 km north of central Montreal . Repentigny belongs to the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) L'Assomption , has an area of 61.79 km² and has 82,000 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Repentigny is located in the Rive-Nord region , on the western bank of the Saint Lawrence River . The Rivière L'Assomption flows in a north-south direction and flows into the Rivière des Prairies on the southern outskirts ; this in turn meets the St. Lawrence River after a short distance. The urban area also includes several offshore islands in the river. Opposite the river mouth is the Île de Montréal . Neighboring municipalities are L'Épiphanie and L'Assomption in the north, Saint-Sulpice in the northeast, Verchères in the east, Varennes in the southeast, Charlemagne in the south, Terrebonne in the southwest and Mascouche in the west.
history
Pierre Le Gardeur, French admiral and director of the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France , was awarded the area as a seigneurie in 1647 . His son Jean-Baptiste Le Gardeur had the Repentigny settlement built at the mouth of the Rivière L'Assomption in 1670. It was named after his family's home, the village of Repentigny in Normandy . Although the new settlement formed the starting point of the Chemin du Roy from 1737 , it hardly grew until the end of the 19th century and only had a few hundred inhabitants. This changed at the beginning of the 20th century when the Montreal upper class began to use the village as a tourist destination. In 1957 Repentigny received city status. In 2002 it merged with the municipality of Le Gardeur (on the opposite bank of the Rivière L'Assomption), which increased the city by 40 km² and over 17,000 inhabitants. Repentigny is a member of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal association founded in 2000 .
Attractions
In Repentigny there are two historic windmills from the early 19th century, which have largely been preserved in their original condition and are listed. These are the Grenier windmill , built in 1820, and the Antoine-Jetté windmill, built in 1823 .
population
According to the 2011 census, Repentigny had 82,000 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1,327.1 inh / km². 92.2% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 1.5%. 0.6% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 5.9%. Only French spoke 57.9%. In 2001, 94.2% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.4% Protestant and 3.5% non-denominational.
Sons and daughters
- André Rivest (* 1942), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi
- Marie-Ève Pelletier (* 1982), tennis player
traffic
Repentigny's main artery is Autoroute 40 , the highway between the cities of Montreal and Québec . From there, the Autoroute 640 branches off to the west , which connects the communities in the Rive-Nord region. The main road Route 138 runs parallel to the St. Lawrence River .
Repentigny is located on a railway line of the Canadian National Railway , which is mainly used for freight traffic. Passenger traffic is currently limited to three VIA Rail express trains per week between Montreal and Jonquière . Starting in 2014, local trains operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport will run regularly between Montreal and Mascouche . Several CRT Lanaudière bus routes connect Repentigny with Montreal and the neighboring communities.
Web links
- Repentigny official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Repentigny. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed December 27, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Repentigny. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed December 27, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Repentigny. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed December 27, 2013 (French).