Repentigny, Quebec
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| Ville de Repentigny | ||
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Grenier Flour Mill
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 Location within L'Assomption RCM. |
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 Repentigny
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| Coordinates: 45°44′N 73°28′W / 45.733°N 73.467°WCoordinates: 45°44′N 73°28′W / 45.733°N 73.467°W | ||
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 Canada
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 Quebec
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| Region | Lanaudière | |
| RCM | L'Assomption | |
| Founded | 1670 | |
| Constituted | June 1, 2002 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Chantal Deschamps | |
| • MP | Monique Pauzé (BQ) | |
| • MNAs |
François Legault (C) Lise Lavallée (C) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 71.30 km2 (27.53 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 61.79 km2 (23.86 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 82,000 | |
| • Density | 1,327.1/km2 (3,437/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |
 7.6% |
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| • Dwellings | 33,309 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | J5Y, J5Z, J6A | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | |
Highways A-40
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 Route 138 Route 341 Route 344
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| Website | www |
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Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located north of Montreal on the lower end of the L'Assomption River and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne were the first towns off the eastern tip of the island of Montreal. Repentigny is part of the Lanaudiere region.
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.
According to Statistics Canada 2011 census:
The current mayor is Chantal Deschamps, who was first elected to the position in 1997 and has been re-elected to serve until 2017.
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). 38.09% of Repentigny residents can speak both French and English.
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