Sainte-Julie (; originally Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères), is an off-island suburb of

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, in southwestern

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, Canada, east of

Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality Marguerite-D'Youville is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères. The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, after Christophe du Fros ...

. The population as of the

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was 30,045. In 2009 Sainte-Julie was called one of the best towns in which to live in Québec.

Geography

Sainte-Julie is located on the south shore of Montréal. The city is well connected to the nearby cities of Montréal and Longueuil by the highways 20 and 30

History

The territory of Sainte-Julie, was part of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes and was informally known as "Grand Coteau". These settlers mostly came from

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. Soon residents, finding the Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes parish too far away, asked to establish their own parish in 1843. In 1850 they received authorization and built a church on land belonging to Julie Gauthier dite St-Germain, who asked that the name of the patron Sainte-Julie be given to the parish after

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, a virgin martyr from the fifth century A.D. On May 6, 1851, a civil proclamation recognized the parish municipality of Sainte-Julie. In the fall of 1851, there were more than 190 families and 1,251 people in Sainte-Julie, according to the federal census. On July 1, 1885, the city obtained the right to legally elect, its first mayor, Jules Choquet. Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères, its full name, gained city status in 1971. In the mid-1960s, the construction of the

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further stimulated the development of Sainte-Julie, which became a rapidly developing suburb south of

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Sainte-Julie 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.

Government

The mayor of Sainte-Julie is Mario Lemay. There are eight city councillors, all of which of members of La voix des citoyens — Équipe Mario Lemay, as of the 2021 Sainte-Julie municipal election. Sainte-Julie is part of the federal electoral district of

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, which is represented by Stéphane Bergeron of the

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. It is also part of the provincial electoral district of

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, which is represented by Suzanne Dansereau of the

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previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
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(St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from

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on November 23, 2014.

Attractions

Bike path on boulevard N.-P.-Lapierre, near Grand-Côteau high school Hydro-Quebec's electricity

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, Électrium, is located in Sainte-Julie. La Vallée du Richelieu Golf Club's Verchères course is also located in the city.

Transportation

The

Sainte-Julie public transit Exo (public transit) Sainte-Julie sector is the public transportation service for the small city of Sainte-Julie in southwestern Quebec, Canada. This municipality is located in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality, about , sou ...

system provides commuter and local bus services.

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and

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cross the city.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality