Lanoraie () is a town in the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geogr ...
region of
Quebec
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, Canada, part of the
D'Autray Regional County Municipality.
History
When
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier (; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first Europeans, European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, wh ...
passed through in the 16th century, the
Iroquois
The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the Endonym and exonym, endonym Haudenosaunee ( ; ) are an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Ind ...
had already established themselves in the area, calling it ''Agochanda'' or ''Agouchonda'', meaning "place where one stops to eat and rest". It was also in this area in 1642 that
Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Wyandot people, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake Geo ...
was abducted by the Mohawks along with
Guillaume Couture and
René Goupil, and taken into captivity and tortured.
In 1672, the
Intendant of New France Jean Talon granted the territory as a
seignory to Louis de Niort de La Noraye (1639-1708). In 1688, the
Seignory of La Noraye (also spelled as: Lanauraie, Lanoraie, Noraye) was united with the Autray Seignory, granted in 1637 to Jean Bourdon who passed it on to his son Jacques Bourdon d'Autray in 1653.
Although the Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie was founded in 1732, it did not really begin to develop until 1831. In 1845, this parish was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Lanoraie, but abolished two years later in 1847, when it became part of the Berthier County Municipality. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie. In 1848, the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray was formed.
On December 6, 2000, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie and the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray were merged to form the new Municipality of Lanoraie.
Demographics
Population trend:
* Population in 2021: 5,134 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.2%)
* Population in 2016: 4,787
* Population in 2011: 4,447
* Population in 2006: 4,067
* Population in 2001: 3,869
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,123 (total dwellings: 2,199)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 1.2%
* French as first language: 95.5%
* English and French as first language: 1.1%
* Other as first language: 2.1%
Education
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
* École de la Source d'Autray
The
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...
operates anglophone public schools, including:
* Joliette Elementary School in
Saint-Charles-Borromée
*
Joliette High School
Joliette High School (JHS, ) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. , it had about 265 students.
Attendance boundary
Ar ...
in
Joliette
Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of G ...
Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...
. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.
See also
*List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
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Incorporated places in Lanaudière
Municipalities in Quebec
Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River