Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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. The population as of the
Canada 2016 Census
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was 2,066. The town was founded in 1892.
Geography
The community is located within the
Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality ''(Upper Richelieu)'' is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which ...
region about 15 kilometers north of the Canada-
United States
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border in the
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 ...
region. It is located about 40 kilometers south of
Montreal
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.
The town is located within the provincial electoral district of
Saint-Jean which includes parts of the city of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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situated a few kilometers to its north. It is situated in the western side of the
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...
along
Quebec Route 223
Route 223 is a 128.6 km north/south highway on the south shore of the Richelieu River in Quebec. Its northern terminus is in Sorel-Tracy at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Lacolle, where it crosses the U.S. bor ...
.
Demographics
Population
Language
Government
Municipal Council
Source:
* Jacques Desmarais, mayor
* Ronald Girardin, councillor (district #1)
* Christien Madison, councillor (district #2)
* Sylvain Raymond, councillor (district #3)
* Jules Bergerons, councillor (district #4)
* Éric Lachance councillor (district #5)
* Alain Gaucher, councillor (district #6)
Education
The
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board (SSPRSB) was a Protestant Christian school district in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It served the South Shore region and it was headquartered in St. Lambert.
The district operated elementary a ...
previously served the municipality.
[King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).]
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
(St. Johns, PQ). ''The News and Eastern Townships Advocate
The ''News and Eastern Townships Advocate'' is a newspaper based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec started on January 27, 1848.
The headquarters for the paper were destroyed in 1942 during a fire, which resulted in the loss of the building and f ...
''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News
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Google rel ...
on November 23, 2014.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
Profile of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu from the Haut-Richelieu MRC pageGoogle Map location of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality