Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec

Infobox City
name = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
native_name = Ville de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Québec)
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settlement_type = Ville
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_type3 = RCM
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subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie
subdivision_name3 = Beauharnois-Salaberry
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Denis Lapointe
leader_title1 =Federal MP
Beauharnois—Salaberry
leader_name1 =Claude DeBellefeuille
(Bloc Québécois)
leader_title2 =Quebec MNA
Beauharnois
leader_name2 =Serge Deslières
(Parti Québécois)
established_title = Constituted
established_date = 1874
established_title2 = Reconstituted
established_date2 = 24 Apr, 2002
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area_magnitude = 1 E8
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area_land_km2 = 107.10
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population_as_of = 2006
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population_total = 39672
population_density_km2 = 370.4
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population_blank1 = +1.7%
population_blank2_title =Dwellings
population_blank2 = 18,034
timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
coor_type = 61, rue Sainte-Cécile
latd=45 |latm=15 |lats=19 |latNS=N
longd=74 |longm=07 |longs=54 |longEW=W
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postal_code = J6S, J6T
area_code = 450
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website = [http://www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca/ ville.valleyfield.qc.ca]
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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is a city in southwestern Quebec, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. [http://gestion.webconcepteur.com/webconcepteur/web/SalaberrydeValleyfield/en] Situated on an island in the St. Lawrence River, it is bordered at its western end by Lac Saint-François, with the St. Lawrence to the north and the Beauharnois Canal to its south. The Port of Valleyfield is situated on the canal. [http://www.valport.ca/about.html]

The Deux-Rives Ecomuseum ("Écomusée des Deux-Rives"), which covers the economic and cultural history of the region, is found in the city.

The city has been the site of Les Regates de Valleyfield an international hydroplane racesince 1938

History

Salaberry was named after Colonel Charles de Salaberry who served with the British army during the War of 1812. "Valleyfield" came from the Valleyfield Mills, a paper mill south of Edinburgh in Scotland.

It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield.

Merger

In 2002 it amalgamated with the following communities:(2001 population)
* Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (26,170)
* Saint-Timothée (8,299)
* Grande-Île (4,559)

Education

* 9 daycare facilities
* 3 pre-kindergarten centres
* 12 elementary schools (some with daycare services)
** 1 English-language elementary school
* 2 high schools
* 1 adult education centre
* 2 vocational training centres
* 1 CEGEP: Collège de Valleyfield

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Famous natives

*Armand Frappier, physician and microbiologist
*Jean Ouimet, politician

Geographic Location

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest =
North = "Saint Lawrence River"
Northeast =
West = Coteau-du-Lac
Centre = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
East = Beauharnois
Southwest =
South = Saint-Stanislas-de-Kosta, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Southeast =

Gault Institute

Gault Institute was created by a man named Andrew Frederick Gault. He created this school during the time that the Gault Cotton Mills were up and running. To heat the school at one time he used underground pipes connecting from the school to the Cotton Mills since at the time there was no electricity.

References

* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.asp/ Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E/ Statistics Canada]
* [http://www.elections.ca/pas/39ge/39official.pdf/ Elections Canada Results - 39th General Election (2006)]
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/ Director General of Quebec Elections]

External links

* [http://www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca/ Salaberry-de-Valleyfield official website]
* [http://www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca/webconcepteurcontent63/000022410000/upload/Images/cathedrale_de_valleyfield.jpgPhotograph of the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Basilica]