Saint-Polycarpe () is a municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and just east of the Quebec- Ontario border. It was named for Polycarp, a 2nd-century

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. The population as of the

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was 2,372. While a parish during the 18th century, its territory included portions of what is now part of Saint-Zotique.

History

Settlement began around 1800 when a sawmill and a flour mill were built at the rapids of the Delisle river. In 1818, a chapel was built there and in 1830, the parish was established, called Saint-Polycarpe de la Nouvelle-Longueuil. Its post office was built in 1846. In 1845, the Municipality of La Nouvelle-Longueuil was created, but abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was recreated out of Vaudreuil County as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe. In 1887, the village itself split off from the surrounding rural parish to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe. On December 31, 1988, the parish and village merged again to form the Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe.

Demographics

Language

Local government

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality): * Joseph-Donat-Normand Ménard (1989–2012) * Roland Daneau (2012–2013) * Jean Yves Poirier (2013–present)

Infrastructure

Transportation

Saint-Polycarpe is located along Route 340 with nearby

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running south of the municipality.

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École secondaire Soulanges * École du Val-des-Prés Sacré-Cœur Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.School Board Map
" Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. * Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

Points of interest

* Natura Farm * Saint-Polycarpe Municipal Library * Schoune Brewery Farm * Soulanges Sports Centre * Soulanges Volunteer Action Centre

Climate

Based on the Dalhousie Mills station in Saint-Télesphore

References

External links

Location of Saint-Polycarpe (courtesy of Google Maps)Vaudreuil-Soulanges County Map
{{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality Designated places in Quebec