Beauharnois () is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern

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, Canada, and is part of the

Greater Montreal Area Greater Montreal (french: Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as with ...

. The city's population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 12,011. It is home to the

Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station The Beauharnois generating station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station along the Saint Lawrence Seaway on the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. The station was built in three phases, and comprises 36 turbines, capable of gene ...

, as well as the Beauharnois Lock of the

Saint Lawrence Seaway The St. Lawrence Seaway (french: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North Americ ...

History

The

Battle of Beauharnois The Battle of Beauharnois was fought on November 10, 1838, between Lower Canada loyalists and Patriote rebels, after 500 armed men had converged on Beauharnois, on November 3–4, overtaking the seigneurial manor. The seigneury of Beauharnois b ...

was fought at Beauharnois in 1838, between Lower Canada loyalists and Patriote rebels. As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the neighbouring towns of Maple Grove and Melocheville were amalgamated into Beauharnois on January 1, 2002.

Geography

Communities

The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries: *Domaine-de-la-Pointe-des-Érables () – a

residential area A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...

north of Maple Grove * Maple Grove () – a former municipality that makes up the northeast boundary of Beauharnois *Melocheville () – a former municipality that makes up the western boundary of Beauharnois, located on the west shore of the

Beauharnois Canal The Beauharnois Canal is located in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The canal is part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Located in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality within the cities of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Saint-L ...

*Parc-Tisseur () – a

in southern Beauharnois *Rivière-Nord () – a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in southern Beauharnois *Saint-Paul () – a

located on Route 205

Lakes & Rivers

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: *Rivière Saint-Louis () – runs south to north through the city centre, down Chute de la Rivière Saint Louis emptying into the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, Beauharnois had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

In 2012,

OVH OVH, legally OVH Groupe SAS, is a French cloud computing company which offers VPS, dedicated servers and other web services. As of 2016 OVH owned the world's largest data center in surface area. As of 2019, it was the largest hosting provide ...

started construction of its first Canadian data centre in Beauharnois, one of the largest in the world.

References

External links

Beauharnois official website
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River Greater Montreal