Varennes () is an
off-island suburb of
Montréal
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, in southwestern
Quebec
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, Canada, on the
Saint Lawrence River
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in the
Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The city is approximately from
Downtown Montreal
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The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the ...
. The population as of the
Canada 2011 Census
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was 20,994. In 2015, the population is listed at 24,000.
History
The history of Varennes starts with the arrival of the ''Régiment de Carignan-Salières'' in
New France
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. René Gaultier, ''sieur de Varennes'', was given three concessions by intendant
Jean Talon in 1672, le Tremblay, la Gabelle and Varennes. Jaques-René,
one of his sons, was the second
seigneur of Varennes. Five seignories later composed the Varennes parish. They were the seignories ''du Cap de Varennes, de l'île Sainte Thérèse, de Grand Maison, du Cap de la trinité'' and ''du Cap Saint-Michel''. The town was captured by the British in 1760 during the
Montreal Campaign. It was part of the
Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
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, then of
Lower Canada
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, before it returned to being part of Quebec again in 1867 due to
Canadian Confederation
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.
Varennes gained the status of city in 1972.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Varennes 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.
Notable people
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Gilles Courteau
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Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion
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Félix Geoffrion
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Marc-Amable Girard
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Sylvain Grenier
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Marie-Mai
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Louis Massue
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Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave
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Théodore Robitaille
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Louis-Adélard Sénécal
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Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
See also
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Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality
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Saint Lawrence River
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Saint-Charles River (Varennes)
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List of cities in Quebec
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References
External links
Official website
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Cities and towns in Quebec
Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River
1672 establishments in the French colonial empire
Incorporated places in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia