Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montérégie | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Beauharnois-Salaberry | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 15 ′ N , 74 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 45 m | ||
| Area : | 107.1 km² | ||
| Residents : | 40,077 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 374.2 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 70052 | ||
| Postal code : | J6S, J6T | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Denis Lapointe | ||
| Website : | www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca | ||
 Located in the MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry |
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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec . It is located in the administrative region of Montérégie , around 60 km southwest of Montreal , 35 km north of the border with the USA and 20 km east of the border with the province of Ontario . Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is the administrative seat of the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Beauharnois-Salaberry , has an area of 107.10 km² and has 40,077 inhabitants (2011). The present city was created in 2002 through the merger of three municipalities.
geography
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River , between Lac Saint-Louis and Lac Saint-François . Around a quarter of the urban area is located on the Île de Salaberry (also called Grande Île). This nine-kilometer island is located between the partially canalised arm of the Rivière Saint-Charles in the south, the Baie Saint-François in the west and the rapids of Les Cèdres in the north. Other islands belonging to the urban area are Île Dondaine, Île des Chats, Île Papineau and Île Brisebois. The settlement of Saint-Timothée is located at the mouth of the Rivière Saint-Charles. The southern city limits are formed by the Canal de Beauharnois, opened in 1932, an approximately 1 km wide inlet canal to the Beauharnois hydroelectric power station and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway . Since then, the previously mainland part of the city has also formed an island, but it bears no name.
Neighboring municipalities are Les Cèdres in the north, Pointe-des-Cascades in the north-west, Beauharnois in the east, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in the south and Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka in the south-west.
history
The French King Louis XIV transferred the Seigneurie Châteauguay to Charles LeMoyne in 1673 . In 1729 the new Seigneurie Beauharnois was separated from this. The densely forested area had hardly been explored at that time and was generally considered not to be colonizable. The planned settlement did not begin until 1795, when the dealer Alexander Ellice acquired the Seigneurie. The old Canal de Beauharnois was built from 1842 to bypass the rapids of Les Cèdres. Its opening in 1845 resulted in an economic upswing in the region.
With the abolition of the manor in 1854 the civil parish was founded, which was initially called Pointe-du-Lac. The current name was introduced in 1874 when the municipality received city status. It is reminiscent of Charles-Michel de Salaberry , the victorious general in the battle of Châteauguay . The addition Valleyfield comes from the paper mill of the same name that opened in 1854 and is reminiscent of an old paper mill in Penicuik, Scotland . The Canal de Beauharnois proved to be inadequate over time and was replaced in 1899 by the Canal de Soulanges on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River. But even this canal soon no longer met the requirements and so the new Canal de Beauharnois was built between 1930 and 1932, together with the hydropower station east of the city limits.
Settlement began on Grande Île in 1798. During the British-American War , the British built a fortification in 1813 to block American access to Lac Saint-François and Montreal . During the rebellions of 1837 , some insurgents took refuge here. From 1877 a dam connected the island with the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. In 1932 the northern part of the island became an independent municipality from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
The settlement of Saint-Timothée was built around 1780. In 1831 and 1845, two mills were built that used the water power of the rapids. The municipality of Saint-Timothée, named after Saint Timothy , was founded in 1855. It was given city status in 1994. On April 24, 2002, Grande-Île and Saint-Timothée merged with Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Attractions
The city's landmark is the Sainte-Cécile cathedral . It has been the seat of the Valleyfield diocese since 1892 and a minor basilica since 1991 . The old church was destroyed by fire in 1933 and rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1934/35 . Various buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries are listed buildings.
population
According to the 2011 census, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield had 40,077 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 374.2 inh / km². 94.9% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 2.8%. 1.2% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers made up 1.1%. Only French spoke 64.0%. In 2001, 93.3% of the population were Roman Catholic , 2.0% Protestant and 4.0% non-denominational.
Transport and economy
In the north-west of the urban area runs the Autoroute 30 , a motorway that bypasses the Montreal metropolitan area extensively. From this the short Autoroute 530 branches off in the city center. An important main road connection is Route 132 along the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The city lies on the Ottawa – East Alburgh railway line , which is currently only used for freight traffic. Several bus routes operated by the CIT du Sud-Ouest company connect the city with the surrounding communities as well as with the train station in Vaudreuil and with Montreal.
Salaberry is a major industrial center with over 100 different companies. The aluminum industry and the chemical industry are predominant. On the Canal de Beauharnois is a small river port, the only one in Canada's municipal ownership.
Twin town
Since 1998 there has been a town partnership with Combs-la-Ville in France .
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste Laviolette (1879–1960), ice hockey player
- Didier Pitre (1883–1934), ice hockey player
- Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991), archbishop and cardinal
- Pierre Cossette (1923–2009), television and theater producer
- Pat Brisson (born 1965), agent hockey player
- Jean-Luc Brassard (* 1972), freestyle skier and Olympic champion
- Yves Sarault (* 1972), ice hockey player and coach
- Mélodie Daoust (* 1992), ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Histoire de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. (No longer available online.) City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, archived from the original on January 16, 2014 ; Retrieved January 14, 2014 (French). 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.
- ^ A b c Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Histoire de Grande-Île. (No longer available online.) City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, archived from the original on January 16, 2014 ; Retrieved January 14, 2014 (French). 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.
- ↑ Histoire de Saint-Timothée. (No longer available online.) City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, archived from the original on January 16, 2014 ; Retrieved January 14, 2014 (French). 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.
- ^ Cathédrale Ste-Cécile. Grand Québec, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the parish of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the parish of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
- ^ Port de Valleyfield. Affaires Valleyfield, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Villes jumelées. City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
