- For the electoral district, please see Repentigny .
Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal
, in the
province of Quebec
, located
north of Montreal, on the
lower end of the Rivière des
Prairies and on the Saint Lawrence River
.
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.
Repentigny merged with its neighbor city
Le
Gardeur on June 1, 2002. The city's area grew from 29 to
69 km² and the population grew by 70%.
Repentigny
was also the western terminus of the Chemin du Roy, a road that extends
eastward towards Quebec
City
.
Demographics
According to
Statistics Canada
2006 census:
- Population in 2006: 76,237
- (Population in 2001: 72,218)
- Growth Rate (2001-2006): 5.6%
- Total Private Dwellings: 30,080
- Area: 61.76 km²
- Density: 1,234.5 people per km²
The city's population was 75,112 according to Gazette officielle du
Québec (28-12-2005), number 52, decree 1248-2005.
The current mayor is
Chantal
Deschamps, who was first elected to the position in 1997 and
has been re-elected to serve until 2009.
Languages
The 2006 census found that, counting single responses only,
French was the
mother tongue of 94.5% of the population,
while
English was the mother tongue
of 1.4% of the population. The next most common languages were
Creole (0.8%), and
Spanish and
Italian (0.7% each).
| Mother tongue |
Population |
Percentage |
| French |
71,560 |
94.49% |
| English |
1,050 |
1.39% |
| English and French |
230 |
0.30% |
| English and a non-official language |
40 |
0.05% |
| French and a non-official language |
180 |
0.24% |
| English, French and a non-official language |
25 |
0.03% |
| Creole |
620 |
0.82% |
| Spanish |
535 |
0.71% |
| Italian |
500 |
0.66% |
| Arabic |
310 |
0.41% |
| Portuguese |
165 |
0.22% |
| Greek |
90 |
0.12% |
| Khmer |
80 |
0.11% |
|
Ethnocultural ancestries
Single responses: 51.60% of respondents gave a
single response of 'Canadian', while a further 17.67% identified
with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 15.13% of
respondents gave a single response of
French, 1.86% of respondents gave a single
response of
Québécois,
1.37% gave a single response of
Italian,
1.34% gave a single response of
Irish
and 1.27% gave a single response of
Haitian.
Multiple responses: Counting both single and
multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural
ancestries were:
Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total
number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual
responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 1% are listed in the
table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.
Nearby municipalities
Transit
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central
Lanaudière.
Its Centre
d'Échange Rive Nord-Est
(Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre),
administrated by Agence métropolitaine de
transport, is the main infrastructure for transit in the
region. Unlike a bus terminal, no departures are available
from the
Centre d'Échange, but transfers from one circuit
to the other are possible. 9 of the 10
RTC de la MRC de L'Assomption
transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition of
the 2
CRTL regional lines.
Thus,
Repentigny is directly connected to Terrebonne, Charlemagne, L'Assomption
, Montreal, Montréal-Est
, Saint-Sulpice,
Lavaltrie
, Lanoraie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier,
Berthierville
, La
Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Saint-Paul-d'Industrie, Crabtree,
Sainte-Marie-Salomé
and Joliette
.The city of Repentigny takes part in the
L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort and
pan-regional Lanaudière Regional Transport Commission, linking all
of the Regional County Municipalities of Lanaudière, even the
northmost ones. In addition there is the
MRC Les Moulins.
Culture
_1.JPG/200px-Moulin_%C3%A0_vent_Grenier_de_Repentigny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)_1.JPG)
Grenier Flour Mill
Repentigny is home of many festivities :
- Festival de Feu et de Glace (From Fire and from Ice
Fest, a winter fest), January-February.
- Festival de spectacles jeune-public de Lanaudière (Youth
theatre fest), early July.
- Challenge international de Volleyball Molson Ex Light
(Molson Ex Light International Volleyball Challenge,
International Volleyball event), late July. Dernier Événement:
2007.
- Rendez-Vous Estival (Summer Rendez-Vous, a theme park
with familial activities and rock shows), early August.
- Festival Gospel (Gospel Fest, International gospel
choirs fest), mid-August.
- National de Soccer (Soccer Nationals, 18- level
national soccer event), mid-August.
- Internationaux de Tennis junior du Canada Banque Nationale
(National Bank Junior Tennis Internationals of Canada, the
biggest sports event in the city), late August-early September
- Fête du Petit-Village (Little town fest, cultural
rendez-vous in the old Saint-Paul-l'Ermite sector), every 2
autumns.
- Many outdoor shows and movie projections
- The Fête
Nationale du Québec , la St-Jean, brings
many activities, such as shows and performances on stage in Parc
St-Laurent(Now Held To L'île Lebel.). The 2006 edition featured
Marie-Mai, from Star Académie.
See also
References
- AMT autobus
External links
Top topics
Wikis
Quiz
Map
Misc
Search