Boischatel () is a municipality in the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

region of

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, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.

Geography

The town itself is located along the

Montmorency River The Montmorency River () is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successiv ...

and

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. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the Canada–United States border, border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York (s ...

. Rivers flowing through Boischatel: *

Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans Chenal is French for "channel". It can refer to: People * Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (1931–2020), Italian alpine skier * Joël Chenal (born 1973), French alpine skier * Leo Chenal (born 2000), American football player * Marthe Chenal (1881–1947), ...

* Ferrée River *

History

The area was originally settled around 1664 and called Sault (old French for "waterfall"), due to its proximity to the Montmorency Falls. The Village Municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel was formed in 1920 when it ceded from

Ange-Gardien Ange-Gardien () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the province's Montérégie region. The population as of the 2016 Canadian Census was 2,699. It was constituted ...

, with Séraphin Vézina as its first mayor. It was named in honor of Jean-François de Beauchatel, first aide-de-camp to General Montcalm. On November 23, 1991, it changed statutes and shortened its name to become the Municipality of Boischatel.

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128) First language (2021): * English as first language: 0.9% * French as first language: 96.3% * English and French as first language: 0.6% * Other as first language: 1.9%

Local government

List of former mayors: * Séraphin Vézina (1920–1925) * Joseph Trudelle (1925–1929) * Arthur Tardif (1929–1937) * Joseph Trudelle (1937–1939) * Joseph Racine (1939–1953) * Maurice Huot (1953–1958) * Rodolphe Huot (1958–1961) * Joseph Racine (1961–1965) * Adjutor Dussault (1965–1969) * Roland Lavoie (1969–1987) * Jacques Couture (1987–1994) * Yvon Coté (1994–1998) * Yves Germain (1998–2017) * Benoit Bouchard (2017–present)

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