Le Moyne (; also known as Ville Le Moyne, formerly known as LeMoyne) is a neighbourhood in

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...

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, part of the borough of

Le Vieux-Longueuil Le Vieux-Longueuil (, ) is a borough in the city of Longueuil. From 2002 to 2006, Le Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002. The former city of Longueuil was composed of 3 cities merged in the 1 ...

, and a former city. Le Moyne makes up 2% of the total area of Le Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that was not part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil. Residents of Le Moyne are called ''Le Moynois''. The municipal electoral district of Le Moyne-Jacques-Cartier corresponds to the territory of Le Moyne, along with a portion from the former city of Longueuil.

History

According to local historian Michel Pratt, the name "Le Moyne" was chosen by Redmond Roche of the Union Nationale, in honour to Charles Le Moyne. The

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of Le Moyne was originally on Saint-Louis Street near Laurier Street. In 1967, the town hall was moved to 2205 Saint-Georges Street where it remained until the 2002 merger of Le Moyne with Longueuil. It is now a

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for the city of Longueuil. The last of motto of Le Moyne, before its annexation into Longueuil, was ''Droit et Loyal'' (English translation: Right and Loyal) On January 1, 2002, Le Moyne ceased to exist as a municipality and was

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into the city of Longueuil to become part of the Saint-Lambert/Le Moyne borough. However, on June 20, 2004 Saint-Lambert voted to

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from Longueuil and on January 1, 2006 regained its status of city, while Le Moyne opted to stay in Longueuil. After the demergers, Le Moyne joined Le Vieux-Longueuil borough following the results of a 2005

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in which the residents of Le Moyne were given the choice to pick a new borough between Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park.

Demographics

Mayors

Saint-Maxime and Saint-Josaphat

Le Moyne is divided into two sections separated by Route 112. They are Saint-Maxime and Saint-Josaphat, the two

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parishes that are the ancestors of Le Moyne. Route 112 is called ''Saint-Louis Street'' in Saint-Maxime. Saint-Maxime has the shape of

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and is located from Saint-Louis Street to the limits of Greenfield Park. Saint-Maxime Church, built in 1918, is on Charron Street. In Saint-Josaphat, Route 112 is called ''Sir Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard''. Saint-Josaphat has the shape somewhat of a

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or a

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, and is located from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard to the limits of the former city of Longueuil. Saint-Josaphat Church is located on De L'Église Street.

Notable people

* Maxime Talbot, former NHL player

References