Saint-Damien () is a parish municipality of 2,393 inhabitants in

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. It is located in

Matawinie Regional County Municipality Matawinie () is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the ...

in the

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region.

History

The town was founded the 6 September 1870. In French, people from the town are known as ''damiennois''.

Geography

Saint-Damien is located in the middle of

region near Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon municipality, about north of

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, west of

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, and south of Taureau Reservoir. The main street is named "Rue Principale" (meaning, literally, "main street") and it is served by

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which runs from

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at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (2 km west of exit 144 on Autoroute 40) through Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint Damien,

Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Geography The territory of Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie extends along the Noire River valley in ...

and

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to Québec Route 125 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci. The bordering municipalities of Saint-Damien are, starting from northwest and proceeding clockwise, Saint-Zénon (northwest), Mandeville (northeast, in

D'Autray Regional County Municipality D'Autray () is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Berthierville. The municipality has a land area of 1,249.30 km2 and its population was 42,189 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. Its lar ...

), Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (southeast, in

), Saint-Jean-de-Matha (south) and

(west).

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Saint-Damien 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.

Education

The

Commission scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

operates francophone public schools, including: * École Saint-Coeur-de-Marie The

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operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in

Saint-Charles-Borromée Saint-Charles-Borromée () ( 2021 Population 15,285) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage home tha ...

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, ) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. , it had about 265 students. Attendance boundary Ar ...

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Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
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. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.

Famous people

* Marie Jean-Eudes (1897-1981), Canadian nun and botanist * Raymond Gravel (b. 1952), Canadian politician

References

External links

*
Saint-Damien official website
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at FOTW {{authority control Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Lanaudière Matawinie Regional County Municipality