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Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec

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Saint-Polycarpe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔlikaʁp] ) is a municipality located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and just east of the Quebec-Ontario border. It was named for Polycarp, a 2nd-century bishop of Smyrna. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 2,372.

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While a parish during the 18th century, its territory included portions of what is now part of Saint-Zotique.

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History

Settlement began around 1800 when a sawmill and a flour mill were built at the rapids of the Delisle river. In 1818, a chapel was built there and in 1830, the parish was established, called Saint-Polycarpe de la Nouvelle-Longueuil. Its post office was built in 1846.[1][5]

In 1845, the Municipality of La Nouvelle-Longueuil was created, but abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was recreated out of Vaudreuil County as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe. In 1887, the village itself split off from the surrounding rural parish to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe.[1]

On December 31, 1988, the parish and village merged again to form the Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe.[1]

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Demographics

Canada census – Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec community profile
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References: 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8]
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Language

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Local government

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):[10]

  • Joseph-Donat-Normand Ménard (1989–2012)
  • Roland Daneau (2012–2013)
  • Jean Yves Poirier (2013–present)

Infrastructure

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Silos at St-Polycarpe

Transportation

Saint-Polycarpe is located along Route 340 with nearby Quebec Autoroute 20 running south of the municipality.

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[11]

  • École secondaire Soulanges
  • École du Val-des-Prés Sacré-Cœur

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[12]

  • Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

Points of interest

  • Natura Farm
  • Saint-Polycarpe Municipal Library
  • Schoune Brewery Farm
  • Soulanges Sports Centre
  • Soulanges Volunteer Action Centre

Climate

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Based on the Dalhousie Mills station in Saint-Télesphore

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References

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