Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is a municipality in

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, located in the administrative area of

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. The ...

. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established as a municipality officially in 1855, and its population as of the

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was 1,542. A major border crossing,

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, is located where St-Bernard-de-Lacolle abuts the village of Champlain, New York, at the junction of

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and U.S. US Interstate 87.

Demographics

Population

Language

Where English is spoken fluently in the region, the municipality recognizes French as an official language for formal and informal use.

Education

The

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previously served a portion of the municipality.

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