Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Quebec. The population as of the
Canada 2016 Census was 2,066. The town was founded in 1892.
Geography
The community is located within the
Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality region about 15 kilometers north of the Canada-
United States border in the
Montérégie region. It is located about 40 kilometers south of
Montreal.
The town is located within the provincial electoral district of
Saint-Jean which includes parts of the city of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...
situated a few kilometers to its north. It is situated in the western side of the
Richelieu River along
Quebec Route 223.
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