Le Gardeur () was a

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in southwestern

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, Canada. Since the 2002

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, it has been a district of the city of Repentigny. It is on the

L'Assomption River The Assomption River (in French ''Rivière l'Assomption'' , named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of . Its source is t ...

in the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption and is connected to

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by Route 138, Autoroute 40, and

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on the

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rail line. The rural parish of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite was established in 1856. The municipality of the same name was created in 1973 over part of the original territory. It changed its name to Le Gardeur five years later. (Pierre Le Gardeur, Sieur de Repentigny, was the region's first feudal lord, under letters-patent granted in 1647 to the Compagnie des cent associés.) The parish and its church are still active. Le Gardeur's main population is concentrated near the L'Assomption River in the southernmost part of the city, bordering the rest of Repentigny, and the

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. The northern part is mostly farmland, and is being developed as a suburban area. This is where the March 2006 announced AMT Repentigny-Mascouche Line

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that began service in December 2014 turned off the existing

line onto its own right of way heading towards Terrebonne.

Trivia

Joe Juneau was born on the territory of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite in 1836.

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is named after him.

Education

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operates Anglophone public schools: * Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny * Rosemere High School in RosemereRosemere High School Zone
."

. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.

Notable People

Samuel Piette Samuel Piette (born 12 November 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Canada national team. Club career Early career Piette began playing soccer a ...

- soccer player

References

Sources

* Communities in Lanaudière Former municipalities in Quebec Repentigny, Quebec 1856 establishments in Canada Populated places disestablished in 2002 {{Quebec-geo-stub