Saint-Jean-Baptiste () is a

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in the

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. ...

region of

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, a

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. The population as of the

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was 3,179. It is located within

La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality La Vallée-du-Richelieu (, ''The Valley of the Richelieu'') is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is McMasterville. It surrounds the Richelieu River as the river flows north from ...

in a valley between

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and Mont Rougemont. On November 4, 1998 it moved from

Rouville Regional County Municipality Rouville () is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Marieville. Subdivisions There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Marieville * Richelieu * Saint-Césaire ;Munic ...

to La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:

Language

Mother tongue language (2021)2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec
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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 ...

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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal, located roughly halfwa ...

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

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on November 23, 2014.

Photo gallery

Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Québec)-Immeuble sur la rue Principale devant Hotel-de-ville-2022-06-14.jpg, Community center located opposite the church, on Principale Street Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Québec)-Église façade avant-2022-06-14.jpg, church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the mass grave Mont St-Hilaire-Vue de la route 227 à Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville-2022-06-14.jpg, View of Mont Saint-Hilaire and crop fields from Route 229 (north of the village of Saint-Jean-Baptiste) Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Québec)-Hotel-de-ville-façade avant-2022-06-14.jpg, View of the front facade of the town hall, located next to the church Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Québec)-Panneau de signalisation devant l'Hotel-de-ville-2022-06-14.jpg, Information panel installed in front of the town hall Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Québec)-rue Principale-coin ch. Rouville-vue vers le nord-2022-06-14.jpg, View of rue Principale (near the corner of chemin de Rouville), on the south side of the village Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vue du clocher avec le Mont-Saint-Hilaire en arrière-plan-2022-06-14.jpg, view of Mont Saint-Hilaire (in the background) and the steeple of the church of the village of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

References

External links

Municipalité Saint-Jean-Baptiste
{{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality