Saint-Jerome
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.jpg) Saint Jerome Cathedral |
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.svg) coat of arms |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Laurentides | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | La Rivière-du-Nord | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 47 ′ N , 74 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 100 m | ||
| Area : | 90.52 km² | ||
| Residents : | 68,456 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 756.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 75017 | ||
| Postal code : | J5L, J7Y, J7Z | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Stéphane Maher | ||
| Website : | www.ville.saint-jerome.qc.ca | ||
 Located in the MRC La Rivière-du-Nord |
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Saint-Jérôme is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Laurentides administrative region , about 60 km northwest of Montreal . The administrative seat of the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) La Rivière-du-Nord and the Laurentides region has an area of 90.52 km² and has 68,456 inhabitants (2011). Today's city was created in 2002 through the merger of several communities. Saint-Jérôme is also known as Reine du Nord ("Queen of the North").
geography
Saint-Jérôme lies on both sides of the Rivière du Nord , at the transition between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Laurentine Mountains . The southern third of the urban area is flat to slightly wavy, the remaining part is characterized by wooded hills. There are several small lakes between these hills. Neighboring municipalities are Prévost in the north, Sainte-Sophie in the east, Mirabel in the south, Saint-Colomban in the south-west, Mille-Isles in the west and Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs in the north-west.
history
By Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière , then governor of New France , Eustache Lambert Dumont was awarded in 1752 a manorial awarded the Rivière du Nord. This later came into the possession of the Lefebvre de Bellefeuille family in Saint-Eustache further south through marriage , which is why it was called Seigneurie de Bellefeuille. From the 1760s through the early 1840s, the Dumont and Bellefeuille families leased land to colonists who began farming the area. The emerging city was named Dumontville at the beginning of the 19th century.
The parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-la-Rivière-du-Nord was canonically established in 1834, and a first chapel was built the following year. The namesake is Saint Jerome . The municipality, founded in 1856, was given the abbreviated name Saint-Jérôme and received city status in 1881. The parish priest Antoine Labelle played a decisive role in the growth of the city and the colonization of the previously sparsely populated region . He convinced the Canadian Pacific Railway that the construction of a railway line was essential for economic recovery. The opening of the railway line from Montreal to Saint-Jérôme took place in 1876.
The city has been the seat of the diocese of Saint-Jérôme since 1951 . The city in its current boundaries was created in 2002 through the merger with several municipalities that had grown together with the core city in the previous decades. Saint-Jérôme then had 24,583 inhabitants; there were also Bellefeuille (14,066 inhabitants), Saint-Antoine (11,488) and Lafontaine (9,477).
population
According to the 2011 census, Saint-Jérôme had 68,456 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 756.3 inh / km². 95.2% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 1.5%. 0.5% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 2.8%. Only French spoke 65.8%. In 2001, 91.9% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.7% Protestant and 5.2% non-denominational.
traffic
Saint-Jérôme is accessed by Autoroute 15 , the motorway between Montreal and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts . South of the city center, two main national roads cross, Route 117 from Montreal to Mont-Laurier and Route 158 from Lachute to Berthierville . Saint-Jérôme train station is the terminus of an AMT suburban line to Montreal and several bus routes operated by CIT Laurentides and CRT Lanaudière. There are also long-distance buses to cities further north.
education
Since 2010 there has been a branch of the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Saint-Jérôme , which is part of the network of the state Université du Québec . The city has a Cégep at middle school level .
Personalities
- Brent Aubin (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Julie Baumann (* 1964), track and field athlete
- François Brassard (1908–1976), ethnomusicologist
- Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), politician
- Julien Cousineau (* 1981), ski racer
- Luc Cyr (* 1953), archbishop
- Stéphan Lebeau (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Patrick Lebeau (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Yann Danis (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Pierre Daviault (1899–1964), translator and author
- Jonathan Huberdeau (born 1993), ice hockey player
- Mireille Lagacé (* 1935), harpsichordist, organist, pianist and music teacher
- Louvigny de Montigny (1876–1955), Canadian journalist, writer and critic
- Édouard Rinfret (1905–1994), politician and judge
- Alain Robidoux (* 1960), snooker player
Web links
- Official website of Saint-Jérôme (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Jérôme. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 27, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of Saint-Jérôme. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 27, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of Saint-Jérôme. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 27, 2014 (French).