Richelieu, Quebec

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Richelieu
City
Location within Rouville RCM.
Richelieu Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°27′N 73°15′W / 45.450°N 73.250°W / 45.450; -73.250Coordinates: 45°27′N 73°15′W / 45.450°N 73.250°W / 45.450; -73.250^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Rouville
Constituted	March 15, 2000
Government^[2]^[3]
• Mayor	Jacques Ladouceur
• Federal riding	Chambly—Borduas
• Prov. riding	Chambly
Area^[2]^[4]
• Total	32.50 km² (12.55 sq mi)
• Land	31.02 km² (11.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[4]
• Total	5,467
• Density	176.2/km² (456/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.0%
• Dwellings	2,268
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J3L
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-10	Route 112 Route 227
Website	www.ville.richelieu.qc.ca

Richelieu is a city in Rouville Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,467. Its name comes from the fact that it lies along the Richelieu River.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:^[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	5,467	5.0%
2006	5,208	3.7%
2001	4,851	3.0%
Merger	4,711 (+)	32.2%
1996	3,195	12.4%
1991	2,843	N/A

(+) Amalgamated with Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours on March 15, 2000.

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[6]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	4,810	96.49%
English only	65	1.30%
Both English and French	10	0.20%
Other languages	100	2.01%

Transportation

The CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan provides commuter and local bus services.

References

External links

Richelieu official website

Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

Chambly

Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

Carignan

Marieville

Richelieu

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Mont-Saint-Grégoire

v t e Subdivisions of Rouville Regional County Municipality

Cities	Marieville Richelieu Saint-Césaire

Municipalities	Ange-Gardien Rougemont Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir

Regional County Municipalities in Montérégie: Acton Beauharnois-Salaberry Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska La Vallée-du-Richelieu Le Haut-Richelieu Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Les Jardins-de-Napierville Les Maskoutains Marguerite-D'Youville Pierre-De Saurel Roussillon Rouville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Urban Agglomerations: Longueuil (TE) Native Reserves: Akwesasne Kahnawake

v t e Municipalities of the CMM and/or Montreal CMA

Urban agglomeration of Montreal Urban agglomeration of Longueuil Laval

North Shore	Blainville Bois-des-Filion Boisbriand Charlemagne Deux-Montagnes Gore¹ Kanesatake¹ L'Assomption L'Épiphanie (P)¹ L'Épiphanie (V)¹ Lavaltrie¹ Lorraine Mascouche Mirabel Oka Pointe-Calumet Repentigny Rosemère Saint-Colomban¹ Saint-Eustache Saint-Jérôme¹ Saint-Placide¹ Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Saint-Sulpice Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Sainte-Thérèse Terrebonne

South Shore	Beauharnois Beloeil Calixa-Lavallée² Candiac Carignan Chambly Châteauguay Contrecoeur² Coteau-du-Lac¹ Delson Hudson Kahnawake¹ L'Île-Cadieux L'Île-Perrot La Prairie Léry Les Cèdres Les Coteaux¹ McMasterville Mercier Mont-Saint-Hilaire Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Otterburn Park Pincourt Pointe-des-Cascades Richelieu Saint-Amable Saint-Basile-le-Grand Saint-Constant Saint-Isidore Saint-Jean-Baptiste² Saint-Lazare Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Saint-Mathieu Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Saint-Philippe Saint-Zotique¹ Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Julie Terrasse-Vaudreuil Varennes Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac Verchères

¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA

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