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Argenteuil (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɑ̃tœj] ) is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Lachute.[2]
Argenteuil | |
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 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′N 74°25′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | Lachute |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Scott Pearce |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,306.60 km2 (504.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,252.97 km2 (483.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 32,389 |
| • Density | 25.8/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  0.8% |
| • Dwellings | 19,081 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
In 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a domain of 186 square kilometres (72 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.[4]
After the conquest of New France by the British in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, the British implemented their laws, but 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. Five years later, Sir John Johnson, a Loyalist from New York who had resettled in Canada after the American Revolution, bought the rest of the Argenteuil Seigneury. He built a sawmill and gave land for churches, helping to attract new settlers to Argenteuil.[4]
In 1854, the Parliament of the Province of Canada abolished the seigneurial system, and the County of Argenteuil was created the following year.[4] In January 1983, the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality succeeded the County of Argenteuil.[5]
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There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Population
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 34,752 (+7.3% from 2016) | 32,389 (+0.8% from 2011) | 32,117 (+7.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,234.69 km2 (476.72 sq mi) | 1,252.97 km2 (483.77 sq mi) | 1,251.64 km2 (483.26 sq mi) |
| Population density | 28.1/km2 (73/sq mi) | 25.8/km2 (67/sq mi) | 25.7/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Median age | 51.2 (M: 50.8, F: 52.0) | 49.6 (M: 49.0, F: 50.1) | 46.9 (M: 46.4, F: 47.4) |
| Private dwellings | 19,600 (total) 16,223 (occupied) | 19,081 (total) | 18,352 (total) |
| Median household income | $62,800 | $50,415 | $44,453 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec[11][12][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
31,905 |
26,010 | 1.4% |
81.5% | 4,820 |  4.1% |
15.1% | 425 | 1.1% |
1.3% | 650 | 16.1% |
2.0% | |||||
2011 |
31,655 |
25,650 | 9.7% |
81.03% | 5,025 | 2.0% |
15.87% | 420 | 27.3% |
1.33% | 560 | 10.4% |
1.77% | |||||
2006 |
29,460 |
23,375 | 5.6% |
79.35% | 5,130 | 2.4% |
17.41% | 330 | 10.8% |
1.12% | 625 | 31.6% |
2.12% | |||||
2001 |
28,230 |
22,130 | 2.8% |
78.39% | 5,255 | 10.8% |
18.62% | 370 | 42.3% |
1.31% | 475 | 3.3% |
1.68% | |||||
1996 |
28,135 |
21,525 | n/a | 76.51% | 5,890 | n/a | 20.93% | 260 | n/a | 0.92% | 460 | n/a | 1.64% | |||||
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[13]
- Argenteuil Regional Museum (Saint-André-d'Argenteuil)
- Carillon Canal
- Caserne-de-Carillon National Historic site (Carillon Barracks)[14]
- Lachute Airport (Lachute)
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