Contrecoeur, Quebec

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Contrecœur, Quebec

Contrecœur, Quebec
—  City  —

Seal
Motto: À cœur vaillant tout est possible
Location within Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality.
Coordinates (5000, route Marie-Victorin ): 45°51′26″N 73°14′21″W / 45.85722°N 73.23917°W / 45.85722; -73.23917
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie (16)
RCM Lajemmerais
Settled 1681
Established January 01, 1976
Incorporated May 03, 1997
Electoral Districts
Federal
Verchères—Les Patriotes
Provincial Verchères
Government
 - Mayor Suzanne Dansereau
 - Federal MP(s) Luc Malo (BQ)
 - Quebec MNA(s) Stephane Bergeron (PQ)
Area
 - Land 61.19 km2 (23.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 5,678
 - Density 92.8/km2 (240.4/sq mi)
 - Change (2001-06) increase8.7%
 - Dwellings 2,519
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s) J0L
Area code(s) 450
Access Routes
A-30
Route 132
Route 137
Website www.ville.contrecoeur.qc.ca

Contrecœur is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,678. Contrecœur is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Montréal and is accessible via Autoroute 30, the main road from the southwest, which continues on to Sorel-Tracy.

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History

Plaque honouring pioneers of the town of Contrecœur.

In 1672, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur, a soldier of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, was granted a seigneury by King Louis XIV. He and 68 other pioneers founded the town in 1681, and it his named in his honor. A migratory bird sanctuary is located near the town on Contrecœur Island.

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census Population Change (%)
2006 5,678 increase8.7%
2001 5,222 decrease2.0%
1996 5,331 decrease3.1%
1991 5,501 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 5,415 97.04%
English only 35 0.63%
Both English and French 40 0.72%
Other languages 90 1.61%

See also

  • List of municipalities in Quebec

  1. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Contrecœur
  2. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VERCHÈRES--LES PATRIOTES (Quebec)
  3. ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: VERCHÈRES
  4. ^ a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Contrecœur, Quebec
  5. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
Pavillon LouisXIV.svg New France portal


Saint Lawrence River / Lavaltrie Saint Lawrence River / Lanoraie Sorel-Tracy
Saint Lawrence River / Saint-Sulpice Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
   Contrecœur    
Verchères Calixa Lavallée Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu


Municipalities of the MMC/Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval
North Shore
Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne
South Shore
Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA
Quebec Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories

Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · Acton · Pierre-De Saurel · Les Maskoutains · Rouville · Le Haut-Richelieu · La Vallée-du-Richelieu · Longueuil · Lajemmerais · Roussillon · Les Jardins-de-Napierville · Le Haut-Saint-Laurent · Beauharnois-Salaberry · Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 45°51′N 73°14′W / 45.85°N 73.233°W / 45.85; -73.233

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