Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Argenteuil Regional County Municipality is located in southern Quebec, Canada, part of the Laurentides region. The Regional County Municipality seat is Lachute.

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[edit] History

In 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a domain of 186 square kilometers (71.8 sq mi) of land. This fiefdom was bounded by the Ottawa River to the south, a line through the center of the hamlet of Carillon in the west and Clear Lake (Lac Clair) to the north. Since Ailleboust already owned a house in Argenteuil near Paris, he called his domain Argenteuil Seigneury. In 1697, the Lord of Ailleboust and his wife Catherine Le Gardeur sold their seigneury to their son Pierre d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil. Subsequently over the years, the fiefdom was held by Pierre-Louis Panet, and then by Major Murray.[1]

After the conquest of New France by the British in 1759, the British implemented their laws, but nevertheless maintained certain French Seigneurial rights. In 1796, Jedediah Lane, from Jericho, Vermont, bought from Major Murray several thousand acres of land on both sides of the North River (Rivière du Nord), where Lachute is today. In 1809, Thomas Barron bought the land of the territory that would become the center of the town of Lachute, and 5 years later, Sir John Johnson bought the rest of the Argenteuil Seigneury. He built a sawmill and gave land for churches, helping to attract new settlers to Argenteuil.[1]

In 1854, the Parliament of the Province of Canada abolished the seigneurial system and the County of Argenteuil was created the following year.[1] In January 1983, the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality succeeded the County of Argenteuil.[2]

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[edit] Demographics

According to Statistics Canada 2006 Census:

  • Population: 29,992
  • Population change (2001-2006): 3.7
  • Dwellings: 16,797
  • Land area (km²): 1,245.55
  • Density (per km².): 24.1

According to Statistics Canada 2001 Census:

  • Population: 28,931
  • Population change (1996-2001): 1.3
  • Dwellings: 16,069
  • Area (km²): 1,254.77
  • Density (per km².): 23.2
  • National rank in terms of population: 174
  • Provincial rank in terms of population: 52

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Highways in Argenteuil include:

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Lachute, d’hier à aujourd’hui" (in French). La ville de Lachute. http://www.ville.lachute.qc.ca/freepage.php?page=4.14. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
  2. ^ "Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=141122&Latitude=45,68333&Longitude=-74,41666&Zoom=1700. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 

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Coordinates: 45°43′N 74°30′W / 45.717°N 74.5°W / 45.717; -74.5

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