Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

45°47′N 73°09′W / 45.783°N 73.150°W / 45.783; -73.150^[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionMontérégieRCMLa Vallée-du-RichelieuSettled1694ConstitutedDecember 24, 1997Government • MayorJacques Villemaire • Federal ridingPierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères • Prov. ridingBorduasArea • Total86.40 km² (33.36 sq mi) • Land85.01 km² (32.82 sq mi)Population • Total2,285 • Density26.9/km² (70/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011 1.9% • Dwellings992Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code(s)450 and 579Highways R-133
R-137Websitewww.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

See also

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

References

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