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Encyclopedia > Repentigny, Quebec

Repentigny Ville (City) in Québec, located north of Montréal, on the St. Lawrence River. It is the famous hometown of popular néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. Population (2001 census) 54,550

Demographics (according to Statistics Canada 2001 census)
Growth Rate (1996-2001): 1.3%
Total Private Dwellings: 20499
Area: 24.48 sq. km.
Density: 2228 people per sq. km.

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Mayor: Chantal Deschamps

Surrounding Municipalities:
Montreal, Quebec
Laval, Quebec
Terrebonne, Quebec
Saint-Sulpice, Quebec
L'Assomption, Quebec
Le Gardeur, Quebec

The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort, which serves Repentigny, L'Assomption, Charlemagne, Le Gardeur, and links to Joliette or to Terrebonne. This article needs cleanup. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Artwork of Terrebonne Terrebonne is a city in western Quebec. ... LAssomption is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the LAssomption River in the Regional County Municipality of LAssmomption. ... Le Gardeur is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Rivière LAssomption in the Regional County Municipality of LAssomption. ...


History

It was founded in 1670 by Jean-Baptiste Le Gardeur, son of Seigneur Pierre Le Gardeur. During the town's first 250 years, Repentigny was only inhabited by a few hundred peasants, or habitants, and was an agricultural community. In 1677, the first population census only shows 30 inhabitants. Its first mayor was Benjamin Moreau 1855. Habitants by Cornelius Krieghoff (1852) Habitants is the name used to referred to the French settlers who established a colony in the Haudenosaunee First Nations territory along the shores of the St. ...


External links

  • Official site of Repentigny

Note: according to the official site, there is no accute accent (é) on the first "e" in the name of Repentigny. This was added by the bad pronunciation that its inhabitants have of their city's name.


  Results from FactBites:
 
Repentigny, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (186 words)
Repentigny Ville (City) in Québec, located north of Montréal, on the St.
The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort, which serves Repentigny, L'Assomption, Charlemagne, Le Gardeur, and links to Joliette or to Terrebonne.
During the town's first 250 years, Repentigny was only inhabited by a few hundred peasants, or habitants, and was an agricultural community.
Encyclopedia4U - Montreal, Quebec - Encyclopedia Article (1777 words)
It is situated in the extreme southwest of the province, approximately 200 km southwest of the provincial capital Quebec City and 150 km east of the national capital Ottawa, at 45°30N, 73°30W, in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5).
Montreal sits on the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River and Ottawa River; the island divides the Saint Lawrence between the main channel and Rivière des Prairies.
Montreal constitutes one of the regions of Quebec.
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