Saint-Zotique () is a municipality located within the

Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality Vaudreuil-Soulanges () is a regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is located on a triangular peninsula in the western Montérégie region of Quebec, formed by the confluence of the Ottawa River to the north, and the St. Lawrence River ...

in the

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region located about 45 minutes west of

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, Quebec, Canada. It is named for Saint

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. The municipality resides on the north shore of the

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and Lake Saint Francis and along the

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, the most populated area in

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History

The first economic activities in the region started in the mid-18th century with forest exploitation and agriculture. The place was first named "Concession-du-Lac" and "Lac-Saint-François" after the adjacent lake. Subsequently, it was also known as "Longueuil-sur-le-Lac" (because it was part of the seigneury of New Longueuil, and "Moulin-Biron" (named after the owner of the first sawmill built near the wharf). Saint-Zotique officially became parish near 1849 when it was separated from the parish of Saint-Polycarpe located a few kilometres to the north. In 1854, its post office opened, and a year later in 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Zotique was formed. In 1913, the village itself split off from the parish municipality to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Zotique, and eventually the two municipalities merged again to form a new village municipality in 1967. On 4 April 2009, it changed its status to just municipality.

Demographics

Language

Attractions

The town is home to a popular beach which can accommodate as many as 10,000 people. Located on Lac Saint-François, nautical sports are among the region's most popular activities and the town also has a golf course.

Local government

List of former mayors: * Firmin François Liénard (1913–1915) * Joseph Arsène Adolphe Bray (1916, 1931–1933) * Joseph Omer Alphonse Méthot (1916–1917) * Henri-Pie-Marie-Joseph-Alfred La Rocque (1917–1921) * Jean Baptiste Sauvé (1921–1925) * Josephat Léger (1925–1929) * Hilaire Duval (1929–1931, 1933–1935) * Joseph François d'Assise Adrien Cadieux (1935) * Joseph Joachim Eugène Bissonnette (1935) * Pierre Montpetit (1935) * Albert Rochon (1935–1939) * Joseph Tancrède Asselin (1939–1942) * Cyrille Joseph Albert Richer Laflèche (1942, 1944) * Louis Julien Bergevin (1942–1944) * Joseph-Wilfrid-Godefroi Blanchard (1944–1971) * Joseph Alfred Jacques Claude Blanchard (1971–1985) * Joseph-Wilfrid-Maurice-Yvon Leroux (1985–1998) * Robert Hovington (1998–2005) * Gaëtane Legault (2005–2013) * Yvon Chiasson (2013–present)

Infrastructure

Transportation

Located on Route 338 and just south of Autoroute 20 near the

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-Quebec border, it is easily accessible from the busiest transportation corridor of the country with direct links to Montreal,

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and

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Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École de la Riveraine * École des Orioles * École Saint-Zotique * École Virginie-Roy * 2^e Avenue is zoned to École Léopold-Carrière in Les Coteaux

Lester B. Pearson School Board The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB, french: Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson, CSLBP) is one of the largest school boards on the island of Montreal and one of the nine English school boards in the province of Quebec. It is headquartere ...

operates Anglophone schools.School Board Map
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. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. * Soulanges Elementary School in

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or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

References

External links

Website of Saint-Zotique, Quebec

{{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River Greater Montreal