| Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.7833°N -82°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1694 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 24, 1997 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jacques Villemaire |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Borduas |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 86.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 85.01 |
| Population Total: | 2285 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 992 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0H 1K0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the southwestern part of Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,285.
In 1694, King Louis XIV granted the Seigneurie of Saint-Denis to the aristocrat French Army officer, Louis-François De Gannes, sieur de Falaise of Buxeuil, Vienne, France. He named his seigniory after his wife, Barbe Denys.
A great stone Roman Catholic Saint-Denis Church was completed in 1796.
On November 23, 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu was the site of the murder of British courier, Lieutenant George Weir by Patriotes. Subsequently, the Patriotes, calling themselves The Sons of Liberty based on the American model, won a battle here against the British Army that marked the official beginning of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Today, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu has a museum called the Maison nationale des Patriotes, an interpretation centre that presents a history of the Patriotes movement that was led by the villager's most famous resident, Wolfred Nelson.
On October 21s 2012, a monument to the memory of Louis-Joseph Papineau was unveiled in a park next to City Hall, along the river, by Québec Premiere Pauline Marois.
Population trend:[4]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,285 | 1.9% | |
| 2006 | 2,243 | 2.7% | |
| 2001 | 2,183 (+) | 47.46% | |
| 1996 | 1,147 | 0.5% | |
| 1991 | 1,153 | N/A |
(+) Amalgamation of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Denis.
Mother tongue language (2006)[5]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,505 | 97.41% | |
| English only | 15 | 0.97% | |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Other languages | 25 | 1.62% |