Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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 was 2,050. The town was founded in 1892.

Geography

The community is located within the Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Le Haut-Richelieu is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through the RCM.-Communities:...

 region about 15 kilometers north of the Canada-United States

United States

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 border in the Montérégie

Montérégie

Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....

 region. It is located about 40 kilometers south of Montreal

Montreal

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The town is located within the provincial electoral district of Saint-Jean

Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)

Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec. Located in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, the riding was created in 1853. During the Liberal term under Adelard Godbout, it was part of the riding of Saint-Jean-Napierville between 1939 and 1944...

 which includes parts of the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu situated a few kilometers to its north. It is situated in the western side of the Richelieu River

Richelieu River

The Richelieu River is a river in Quebec, Canada. It flows from the north end of Lake Champlain about north, ending at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec downstream and northeast of Montreal...

 along Quebec Route 223

Quebec route 223

Route 223 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Richelieu River. Its northern terminus is in Sorel-Tracy at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Lacolle, where it crosses the U.S. border and continues into New York state as U.S...

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Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	2,050	2.7%
2001	1,997	3.4%
1996	2,067	9.2%
1991	1,893	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	1,910	93.40%
English only	55	2.69%
Both English and French	20	0.98%
Other languages	60	2.93%

Municipal Council

Source:

• Jacques Desmarais, mayor
• Ronald Girardin, councillor (district #1)
• Christien Madison, councillor (district #2)
• Sylvain Raymond, councillor (district #3)
• Jules Bergerons, councillor (district #4)
• Éric Lachance councillor (district #5)
• Alain Gaucher, councillor (district #6)

External links

• Profile of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu from the Haut-Richelieu MRC page
• Google Map location of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu