Sainte-Mélanie | |
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![]() Rocher Lake, largest lake within the municipality | |
![]() Location within Joliette RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°08′N 73°31′W / 46.133°N 73.517°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | Joliette |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Beaulieu |
• Federal riding | Joliette |
• Prov. riding | Joliette |
Area | |
• Total | 78.30 km2 (30.23 sq mi) |
• Land | 76.10 km2 (29.38 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,250 |
• Density | 42.7/km2 (111/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,518 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website |
www |
Sainte-Mélanie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the western shores of the L'Assomption River.
Sainte-Mélanie was formerly part of the territory of the Ailleboust Seignory, granted to Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil (1694-1785) in 1736. By 1800, Pierre-Louis Panet (1761-1812) was Lord of Ailleboust, whose daughter Charlotte-Mélanie Panet (1794-1872) may have been the source of the name Sainte-Mélanie, also a reference to Melania the Younger (383-439). Charlotte-Mélanie's husband, Marc-Antoine-Louis Lévesque (1782-1833), donated the land in 1814 for a chapel that was eventually built in 1830. The Parish of Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832, and four years later in 1836, the post office opened under the name Daillebout. [4]
The municipality officially started in 1845, was soon after abolished, and reestablished in 1855 as Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust. In 1881, the post office was renamed to Sainte-Mélanie, and more than a century later in 1986, the municipality followed suit by also adopting this shortened name. [4]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 2,282 | — |
1996 | 2,474 | +8.4% |
2001 | 2,633 | +6.4% |
2006 | 2,765 | +5.0% |
2011 | 2,892 | +4.6% |
2016 | 2,989 | +3.4% |
2021 | 3,250 | +8.7% |
Source: Statistics Canada [5] |
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,394 (total dwellings: 1,518)
Mother tongue:
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adding to it. (September 2017) |
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
Sainte-Mélanie | |
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![]() Rocher Lake, largest lake within the municipality | |
![]() Location within Joliette RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°08′N 73°31′W / 46.133°N 73.517°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | Joliette |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Beaulieu |
• Federal riding | Joliette |
• Prov. riding | Joliette |
Area | |
• Total | 78.30 km2 (30.23 sq mi) |
• Land | 76.10 km2 (29.38 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,250 |
• Density | 42.7/km2 (111/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,518 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website |
www |
Sainte-Mélanie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the western shores of the L'Assomption River.
Sainte-Mélanie was formerly part of the territory of the Ailleboust Seignory, granted to Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil (1694-1785) in 1736. By 1800, Pierre-Louis Panet (1761-1812) was Lord of Ailleboust, whose daughter Charlotte-Mélanie Panet (1794-1872) may have been the source of the name Sainte-Mélanie, also a reference to Melania the Younger (383-439). Charlotte-Mélanie's husband, Marc-Antoine-Louis Lévesque (1782-1833), donated the land in 1814 for a chapel that was eventually built in 1830. The Parish of Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832, and four years later in 1836, the post office opened under the name Daillebout. [4]
The municipality officially started in 1845, was soon after abolished, and reestablished in 1855 as Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust. In 1881, the post office was renamed to Sainte-Mélanie, and more than a century later in 1986, the municipality followed suit by also adopting this shortened name. [4]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 2,282 | — |
1996 | 2,474 | +8.4% |
2001 | 2,633 | +6.4% |
2006 | 2,765 | +5.0% |
2011 | 2,892 | +4.6% |
2016 | 2,989 | +3.4% |
2021 | 3,250 | +8.7% |
Source: Statistics Canada [5] |
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,394 (total dwellings: 1,518)
Mother tongue:
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (September 2017) |
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: