Repentigny (Québec)
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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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| 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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| Province |
 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 | 61.23 km2 (23.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 84,285 | |
| • Density | 1,376.5/km2 (3,565/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2011–2016 |
 2.8% |
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| • Dwellings | 33,321 | |
| 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. It is located north of the city 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 neighbouring city of 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.
Single responses: 51.60% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 17.67% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 15.13% of respondents gave a single response of French, 1.86% of respondents gave a single response of Québécois, 1.37% gave a single response of Italian, 1.34% gave a single response of Irish and 1.27% gave a single response of Haitian.
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