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Sainte-Marthe is a municipality located in the
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):
* Léon-Henri Bourbonnais (1980–1984)
* Joseph Antoine Wilfrid Germain Roy (1984–1994)
* Joseph Aimé Jean Guy Durocher (1994–2005)
* Aline Guillotte (2005–2017)
* François Pleau (2017–present)
School Board Map
" Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. * Soulanges Elementary School in
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality
Vaudreuil-Soulanges () is a regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is located on a triangular peninsula in the western Montérégie region of Quebec, formed by the confluence of the Ottawa River to the north, and the St. Lawrence Rive ...
of Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,014.
The local economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture.
History
Settlement began in 1835 with the arrival of Irish immigrants. In 1846, the parish was founded and named afterMartha
Martha ( Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness ...
, the sister of Lazarus, since the neighbouring parish was called Saint-Lazare.
That same year, the Municipality of Sainte Marthe was created out of the Municipality of Rigaud, but abolished on September 1, 1847. In 1851, its post office opened. On July 1, 1855, the municipality was reestablised, which became a parish municipality in 1857.
In 1928, the village itself separated from the surrounding rural parish and became the Village Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.
On December 27, 1980, the parish and village merged to form the Municipality of Sainte-Marthe.
Demographics
Language
Local government
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):
* Léon-Henri Bourbonnais (1980–1984)
* Joseph Antoine Wilfrid Germain Roy (1984–1994)
* Joseph Aimé Jean Guy Durocher (1994–2005)
* Aline Guillotte (2005–2017)
* François Pleau (2017–present)
Education
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École Sainte-Marthe Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. * Soulanges Elementary School in
Saint-Télesphore
Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec ( Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Ju ...
or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare
See also
*List of municipalities in Quebec
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Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ...
References
External links
* {{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality