Montérégie


Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
The region had a population of 1,507,070 as of the 2016 census and a land area of, giving it a population density of 135.4 inhabitants/km2. With approximately 18.5% of the province's population, it is the second most populous region of Quebec after Montreal. The majority of the population lives near the Saint Lawrence River, on the south shore of Montreal.
Montérégie is known for its vineyards, orchards, panoramas, delicious products, and the Monteregian mountains. The region is both urban and rural. The regional economy is based on agriculture and the production of goods and services. Tourism also makes up a significant portion of the economy.

History

named Mont Royal in October 1535. Samuel de Champlain built several forts to protect the colonists against the Iroquois and against the English, who were colonizing New England, to the southeast.
The toponym comes from the latinized form of Mount Royal, mons regius. Montérégie is named for the Monteregian Hills, which are, in turn, named for Mont Royal.
The term for naming the set of hills in the St. Lawrence Plain was originally created in 1903 in English by geologist Frank Dawson Adams to designate a new petrographic province.
Mount Royal on Montreal Island, although outside the Montérégie region, is one of the Monteregian Hills. In addition to Mount Royal, two other Montérégie hills are not located in Montérégie: Mount Mégantic, in Estrie, and the hills of Oka, in the Lower Laurentians.
Montérégie was populated by the Iroquois when the French began to colonize here in the beginning of the 17th century.
Some of the battles which decided the destiny of Canada took place in Montérégie.
In the 1837s, patriots rebelled against British government troops. The Province of Canada was formed through the Union Act in 1840 and February 184, from the former provinces of Bas-Canada and Upper Canada.
Originally, the administrative territory of the Montérégie parishes were taken from the territory of the canonical Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil.

Subregions

The Montérégie comprises three administrative subregions, each consisting of its own Regional County Municipalities or Equivalent Territories. The territorial administration of the region is conducted by three Regional Conferences of Elected Officers separate and independent in their territory: Longueuil, Montérégie-Est and Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent. Each sub-region is organized in the same way as other administrative regions of Quebec.

Regional County Municipalities

There are 14 Regional County Municipalities in Montérégie.

Montérégie Est

There are nine RCMs in Montérégie Est. Its seat is McMasterville, and the president is Arthur Fauteux. Its territory occupies and there are 656,287 inhabitants, with a population density of 92.1/km2.
Regional County Municipality Population
Canada 2016 Census		Land AreaDensity
Seat of RCM
Acton15,59426.9Acton Vale
Brome-Missisquoi58,31435.3Cowansville
La Haute-Yamaska88,306138.7Granby
La Vallée-du-Richelieu124,420211.4McMasterville
Le Haut-Richelieu117,443125.5Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Les Maskoutains87,09966.9Saint-Hyacinthe
Marguerite-D'Youville
'		77,550224.1Verchères
Pierre-De Saurel
'		51,02585.4Sorel-Tracy
Rouville36,53675.6Marieville

Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent

There are five RCMs in Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent. Its seat is Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and its president is Yves Daoust. Its territory occupies and there are 435,436 inhabitants, with a population density of 116.8/km2.
Regional County Municipality Population
Canada 2016 Census		Land AreaDensity
Seat of RCM
Beauharnois-Salaberry64,320136.5Beauharnois
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent22,45419.1Huntingdon
Les Jardins-de-Napierville27,87034.7Napierville
Roussillon171,443404.5Saint-Constant
Vaudreuil-Soulanges149,349174.6Vaudreuil-Dorion

Equivalent territory

Native Reserves

The population of both of these reserves are majority-Mohawk, one of the historic Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois League. Kahnawake was established south of Montreal in 1719 as a mission village. Akwesasne was established upriver by Mohawk leaders and their families in the mid-18th century, accompanied by French Jesuit missionaries. Akwesasne spans the boundaries of Canada and the United States, extending across the St. Lawrence River into New York State, where it is referred to as the St. Regis Reservation.

  • Beloeil
  • Boucherville
  • Brossard
  • Candiac
  • Chambly
  • Châteauguay
  • Granby
  • La Prairie

  • Longueuil
  • Mont-Saint-Hilaire
  • Pincourt
  • Saint-Basile-le-Grand
  • Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
  • Saint-Constant
  • Saint-Hyacinthe
  • Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

  • Saint-Lambert
  • Saint-Lazare
  • Sainte-Catherine
  • Sainte-Julie
  • Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
  • Sorel-Tracy
  • Varennes
  • Vaudreuil-Dorion