Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | |
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The l'Assomption River in park Chutes Monte-à-Peine
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| Nickname(s): Capitale de la force | |
 Location within Matawinie RCM. |
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 Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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| Coordinates: 46°14′N 73°32′W / 46.233°N 73.533°WCoordinates: 46°14′N 73°32′W / 46.233°N 73.533°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Matawinie |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Normand Champagne |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Prov. riding | Berthier |
| Area | |
| • Total | 112.90 km2 (43.59 sq mi) |
| • Land | 109.35 km2 (42.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,335 |
| • Density | 39.6/km2 (103/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 4.4% |
| • Dwellings | 2,496 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0K 2S0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |
 Route 131 Route 337
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| Website | www stjeandematha |
Saint-Jean-de-Matha is a municipality located within the Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Lanaudière region.
The territory was once part of the seigneurial system in the 18th century and was travelled by several coureur des bois for the fur industry as well as workers in the logging industry as it was located nearby rich forest lands of the Laurentians and the Haute Mauricie regions near the Saint-Maurice River.
In the 1850s that the Saint-Jean-de-Matha Parish was made a municipality in 1855. While development was at first slow in the 19th century, the population grew rapidly as settlers arrived in Quebec or moved away from the regions closer to the Saint Lawrence River as part of measures to develop new lands across the province. [1]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1946 (total dwellings: 2496)
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The main transportation link of the municipality is Route 131 which travels throughout much of the Lanaudière region from Saint-Michel-des-Saints southward towards Joliette and Lavaltrie in which it connects Autoroute 40 towards Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa-Gatineau. Secondary Route 337 travels through more western towns of the Lanaudière region towards the northern Montreal suburbs of Terrebonne and Mascouche located along Autoroute 25 just north of the east end of Laval.
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