Saint-Clet, Quebec

Saint-Clet
Municipality

Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Saint-Clet

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°21′N 74°13′W / 45.350°N 74.217°WCoordinates: 45°21′N 74°13′W / 45.350°N 74.217°W[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted August 31, 1974
Government[2][3]
 • Mayor Gilles Farand
 • Federal riding Vaudreuil-Soulanges
 • Prov. riding Soulanges
Area[2][4]
 • Total 39.20 km2 (15.14 sq mi)
 • Land 39.21 km2 (15.14 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[4]
 • Total 1,738
 • Density 44.3/km2 (115/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.8%
 • Dwellings 710
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0P 1S0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 201
Route 340
Website www.municipalite-st-clet.qc.ca

Saint-Clet is a municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality within the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,738. Completely surrounded by agricultural land (mostly corn fields), the town is centered on the intersection of two main provincial highways. The north-south route 201 is known as rue Principale within the town limits, and the east-west route 340 is known as Boulevard de la Cité des Jeunes.

History

The parish of Saint-Clet was established in 1849 by its detachment from the parish of Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac at the request of residents who had to go all the way to Coteau-du-Lac to attend mass. The first resident pastor of Saint-Clet was appointed in 1851 and four years later in 1855, the municipality of the parish of Saint-Clet was created. There were some mergers and demergers of territory over the ensuing years until 1974, when the current municipality of Saint-Clet was created.

The Canadian composer and music educator, Achille Fortier, was born in Saint-Clet in 1864.

Events in the News

On February 17, 1954 a spectacular collision of two Canadian Pacific trains took place in Saint-Clet. It was a time when train travel was quite popular, and it was common for a train to travel in two separate sections. The impact occurred when the second section of the Toronto-Montreal train rear-ended the first section at the village station, where it had stopped because of a snowstorm. The accident caused one death and 73 injuries.

Another event occurred on March 14, 1985, when heavy rains caused flooding, resulting in the evacuation of many homes. Heavy flooding again affected the town on April 8, 2014, when light rains and abruptly mild temperatures resulted in the rapid melting of a large volume of snow in a short period of time. The elevated railbed passing east-west through the town forms an artificial berm, impeding the flow of meltwater runoff from north to south. With only a couple of culverts to let the runoff go under the railbed, they were quickly overwhelmed and many basements north of the tracks were flooded.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Saint-Clet, Quebec[7]
YearPop.±%
1991 1,388—    
1996 1,524+9.8%
YearPop.±%
2001 1,586+4.1%
2006 1,725+8.8%
YearPop.±%
2011 1,738+0.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Clet, Quebec[7]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
1,735
 1,585 Increase 0.3% 91.35% 100 Decrease 16.7% 5.76% 30 Increase 20.0% 1.73% 20 Increase n/a% 1.15%
2006
1,725
 1,580 Increase 6.4% 91.59% 120 Increase 33.3% 6.96% 25 Increase n/a% 1.45% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00%
2001
1,590
 1,485 Decrease 0.3% 93.40% 90 Increase 157.1% 5.66% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 15 Increase n/a% 0.94%
1996
1,525
 1,490 n/a 97.70% 35 n/a 2.30% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 72535 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Clet
  3. ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Clet, Quebec
  5. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  6. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Sainte-Marthe Saint-Lazare
Sainte-Justine-de-Newton Les Cèdres
   Saint-Clet  
Saint-Polycarpe Coteau-du-Lac