Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is a

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in the Mauricie

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of the

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. This municipality is part of the

Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality Les Chenaux (meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawr ...

in Batiscanie and in the administrative region of Mauricie. It is located along the

Batiscan River The Batiscan River is located in La Mauricie administrative region, in the Quebec province, Canada. This river flows from Lake Édouard in Mauricie south and west to empty into the St. Lawrence River at Batiscan, Quebec, northeast of Trois-Riv ...

. The town of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan was the seat of the

Lordship of Batiscan The Lordship of Batiscan was located on, and included 1/2 ''lieue'' of frontage along, the north shore of the St. Lawrence River (between the mouth of the Batisan and Champlain Rivers, in the current administrative area the Mauricie) in the prov ...

from 1665 and Champlain

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from 1855 to 1981. During the first centuries of its history, the economy of the area has been focused on forestry, agriculture, fishing and river transport. Sainte-Geneviève was also a prominent center of trade for the Batiscanie.

Geography

The main village is situated on the northeast shore of the Batiscan River at the confluence of the Veillet River, while a small village is located just opposite, on the south-west. The village center is located about from the mouth of the Batiscan River and from the Batiscan railway station, on the former Canadian Pacific Railway line (now run in this area by Quebec Gatineau Railway). The Batiscan River through the village and splits into two parts. The agricultural area of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan stops at the foot of the Saint-Narcisse moraine. It is a mountainous line in the east-west direction, between Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan with Saint-Stanislas and

Saint-Narcisse Saint-Narcisse is a parish municipality located in the regional county municipality (MRC) Chenaux, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Located on the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about ...

. Most of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is included in the Batiscanie, except for two areas: one in the east, at the limit of

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade () is a municipality in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The town is located near the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River along the ''Chemin du Roy'', ...

, and the other to the southwest, near the limit of Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes.

Toponymy

Initially, the Catholic parish was named in honour of Saint

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, patron saint of

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and the city of

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, the largest French-speaking city in the world. In France, the French patron saint is also the Diocese of

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...

and gendarmes. The name " Batiscan" was derived from the chief of the

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people from around 1610 to 1629, for whom the river was named after.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Catholic Parish

The civil records of Sainte-Genevieve de Batiscan start in July 1727 and are administered by the neighboring parish of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Batiscan up to the canonical erection of the Catholic parish of Sainte-Genevieve de Batiscan, which occurred on August 16, 1833. This Catholic parish falls within the Diocese of Trois-Rivières. A priest or a pastor serving resides since 1728.

Municipality

The municipality of Sainte-Genevieve de Batiscan was erected May 11, 1841 in the southeastern part of the

under the Act 8 Vict. chap. 40, in July 1845. The territory of municipality of Sainte-Geneviève was detached from the parishes of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Batiscan and La Visitation de Champlain.Magnan, Hormisdas, "Dictionnaire historique et géographique des paroisses, missions et municipalités de la Province de Québec" (Historical and Geographical Dictionary of parishes, missions and municipalities of the Province of Quebec), 1925, p. 402.

Regional Administration

From 1855 to 1982, the city was the seat of Champlain County. In 1982, the old county system was reformulated into the new regional county municipality (RCM) system, with Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan becoming part of the Francheville RCM. On December 31, 2001, it was transferred from the Francheville RCM to the new Les Chenaux RCM, following the creation of the new City of

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...

and the dissolution of the Francheville RCM.

Notable people

Jacques J. Bouchard Jacques J. Bouchard (2 September 1907 – 26 January 1982, Amos, Quebec) was called to the Order of Canada on 17 December 1973 and inducted as a member in Ottawa on 15 October 1975. The records of the Order contain the following mention: (translat ...

References

Mediagraphy

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, Éditions du Bien public, 1936, 131 pages (Collection «Pages trifluviennes», série A, no 18). #Rivard, Raymond, ''Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, 1833-1983'', Sherbrooke, Albums souvenirs québécois, 1983. 160 pages. #''Répertoire des mariages de Sainte Geneviève de Batiscan 1727 à 1900'', written by Dominique Campagna, 128 pages. #''Répertoire des sépultures de Sainte Geneviève de Batiscan 1727 à 1984'', 1985, published by "La Société historique de Sainte Geneviève de Batiscan inc". {{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Genevieve-de-Batiscan, Quebec Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Mauricie Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality