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Charles Jacques Huault De Montmagny
Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny (c. 1583 to 1599 – 4 July 1657) was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He was the first person to bear the title of Governor of New France and succeeded Samuel de Champlain, who governed the colony as Lieutenant General of New France. Montmagny was able to negotiate a peace treaty with the Iroquois at Trois-Rivières in 1645. Born in Montmagny, Val-d'Oise, to Charles Huault (descended from a noble family headed by Jacques Huault, a counsellor under Henri II of France 1534 to 1580) and Antoinette Du Drac, Huault de Montmagny was educated by the Jesuits in Malta under the Order of the Knights Hospitaller in 1622. He later joined the navy and then became a member of the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France in 1632. His name 'Montmagny' roughly translated into the Iroquoian languages as "Onontio" (Great Mountain), a title which the Iroquois Confederacy used for all subsequent Governors of Quebec. Late in his life he was commissioned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny, Val-d'Oise
Montmagny () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Transport The north of Montmagny is served by the Deuil - Montmagny station and the south by the Épinay–Villetaneuse station, both on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail network. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website * Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillippe De Longvilliers De Poincy
Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy (1584–1660) was a French nobleman and Bailiff Grand Cross of the Knights of Malta. He governed the island of Saint Christopher from 1639 to his death in 1660, first under the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique and later under the Knights of Malta themselves. Poincy was the key figure in the Hospitaller colonization of the Americas. On 12 January 1638 Poincy set sail for the Caribbean on board ''La Petite Europe'' On February 20 he took up his commission as Lieutenant Governor of the Isles of America and Captain general of the French at St Kitts. He arrived wearing the regalia of the Knights of St John of Malta and soon dispensed with the authority of the French king, declaring "The people of St Kitts will have no other Governor than Poincy and will take no orders from the King of France." In 1639 he reached an agreement with the English on St Kitts that neither nation should grow tobacco for one and a half years. Poincy instructed one of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval, Quebec
Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016. Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval. Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval. History The first European Settlers in Laval were Jesuits, who were granted a seigneury there in 1636. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the eleventhList of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, -largest city and the seventhList of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, -largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the List of towns in Quebec, second-largest city in the province after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. The Algonquian people had originally named the area , an Algonquin language, AlgonquinThe Algonquin language is a distinct language of the Algonquian languages, Algonquian language family, and is not a misspelling. word meaning "where the river narrows", because the Saint Lawrence River na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings. The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie). Members of Parliament This riding elected only one Member of Parliament: Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the ''Bloc Québécois'', but beat h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census). Geography The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny and Rivière-du-Loup. The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2021 Census; 2013 representation *Ethnic groups: 97.1% White, 1.4% Indigenous *Languages: 98.2% French *Religions: 82.6% Christian (75.1% Catholic), 16.8% No religion *Median income (2020): $38,000 *Average income (2020): $44,120 History The electoral district was created as "Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny" in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny-L'Islet (electoral District)
Montmagny-L'Islet is a former provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included the cities or municipalities of Montmagny, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'Islet, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pamphile and Cap-Saint-Ignace. It was created for the 1973 election from Montmagny and a part of L'Islet. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Côte-du-Sud. Its territory never changed during its entire existence, despite overall electoral map reforms in 1980, 1985, 1988, 1992 and 2001. Members of the National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Norbert Morin , align="right", 10,027 , align="right", 51.78 , align="right", +13.59 , - , - , - , Liberal , Norbert Morin , align="right", 8,829 , align="right", 38.19 , align="right", -2.98 , - , - * Increase is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny (provincial Electoral District)
Montmagny was a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Montmagny-L'Islet. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Louis-Henri Blais, Liberal (1867–1871) * Télesphore Fournier, Liberal (1871–1873) * François Langelier, Liberal (1873–1875) * Auguste-Charles-Philippe Landry, Conservative Party (1875–1876) * Louis-Napoléon Fortin, Liberal (1876–1883) * Nazaire Bernatchez, Liberal (1883–1897) * Joseph-Couillard Lislois, Liberal (1897–1900) * Ernest Roy, Liberal (1900–1908) * Armand Renaud Lavergne, Ligue nationaliste canadienne (1908–1916) * Joseph Elzéar Masson, Liberal (1916–1919) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny Arena , a commune
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Montmagny may refer to: * Montmagny, Quebec, Canada * Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec * Montmagny Seamount, Canada * Montmagny (provincial electoral district) now part of Montmagny-L'Islet * Montmagny, Val-d'Oise, a commune in France * Montmagny, Switzerland Montmagny is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny Regional County Municipality
Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet. This area was named after Charles de Montmagny, a governor of New France. Subdivisions There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Montmagny ;Municipalities (9) * Berthier-sur-Mer * Cap-Saint-Ignace * Lac-Frontière * Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire * Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud * Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard * Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud * Saint-Just-de-Bretenières * Saint-Paul-de-Montminy ;Parishes (4) * Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues * Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton * Saint-Fabien-de-Panet * Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud Geography Its territory can be divided into three main geographical areas. The first is constituted of the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River and its islands. Second are the plains, which includes the Saint Lawren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
