Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Municipality
File:Maison-Masse2.jpg
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is located in Southern Quebec Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°09′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Settled	1694
Constituted	December 24, 1997
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Villemaire
• Federal riding	Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area
• Total	86.40 km2 (33.36 sq mi)
• Land	85.01 km2 (32.82 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,285
• Density	26.9/km2 (70/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	Increase 1.9%
• Dwellings	992
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1K0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	File:Qc133.svg R-133 File:Qc137.svg R-137
Website	www.stdenis surrichelieu.ca

Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the southwestern part of Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,285.

History

In 1694, King Louis XIV granted the Seigneurie of Saint-Denis to the aristocrat French Army officer, Louis-François De Gannes, sieur de Falaise of Buxeuil, Vienne, France. He named his seigniory after his wife, Barbe Denys. A great stone Roman Catholic Saint-Denis Church was completed in 1796. On November 23, 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu was the site of the murder of British courier, Lieutenant George Weir by Patriotes. Subsequently, the Patriotes, calling themselves The Sons of Liberty based on the American model, won a battle here against the British Army that marked the official beginning of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Today, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu has a museum called the Maison nationale des Patriotes, an interpretation centre that presents a history of the Patriotes movement that was led by the villager's most famous resident, Wolfred Nelson. On October 21s 2012, a monument to the memory of Louis-Joseph Papineau was unveiled in a park next to City Hall, along the river, by Québec Premiere Pauline Marois.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	2,285	Increase 1.9%
2006	2,243	Increase 2.7%
2001	2,183 (+)	Increase 47.46%
1996	1,147	Decrease 0.5%
1991	1,153	N/A

(+) Amalgamation of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Denis.

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	1,505	97.41%
English only	15	0.97%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	25	1.62%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Battle of Saint-Denis (1837)

External links

• Spurr, John W. (1976). "Gore, Sir Charles Stephen". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.; George Weir's "sadistic" murder.
• History and architectural details of the Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu at the Quebec religious heritage Foundation (English & French languages)
• Maison nationale des Patriotes museum information website