Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in southwestern
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, on 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 ...
in the
Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the
Canada 2011 Census was 2,050.
Demographics
Population
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006
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, 2011
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census
Language
Mother tongue language (2006)
[2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Quebec](_blank)
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Gallery
File:Richelieu River in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu.jpg, Richelieu River
File:Church Sign, Saint-Marc-Sur-Richlieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Parish Church Sign
File:Parish Church, Saint-Marc-Sur-Richlieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Parish Church
File:Parish Priests Plaque, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Parish Priests Plaque
File:Maison Janotte, 1760, Saint-Marc-Sur-Richlieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Maison Janotte, 1760
File:Maison Senecal-Moreau, 1762, Saint-Marc-Sur-Richlieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Maison Senecal-Moreau, 1762
File:Maison Isidore Blanchard, 1763, Saint-Marc-Sur-Richlieu, Canada 10 3 2015.jpg, Maison Isidore Blanchard, 1763
File:QC Monteregie SaintMarcsurRichelieu tango7174.jpg, Hôtel Les Trois Tillleuls
See also
*List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality