| Lanoraie | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Motto: | Ferme est ma foy (French for "Firm is my faith") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.9667°N -86°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lanaudière |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | D'Autray |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1732 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 6, 2000 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | André Villeneuve |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Berthier |
| Area Total Km2: | 115.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 102.74 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5,134 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 50 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 7.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2,199 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0K 1E0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Lanoraie is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality.
When Jacques Cartier passed through in the 16th century, the Iroquois had already established themselves in the area, calling it Agochanda or Agouchonda, meaning "place where one stops to eat and rest". It was also in this area in 1642 that Isaac Jogues was abducted by the Mohawks along with Guillaume Couture and René Goupil, and taken into captivity and tortured.[2]
In 1672, the Intendant of New France Jean Talon granted the territory as a seignory to Louis de Niort de La Noraye (1639-1708). In 1688, the Seignory of La Noraye (also spelled as: Lanauraie, Lanoraie, Noraye) was united with the Autray Seignory, granted in 1637 to Jean Bourdon who passed it on to his son Jacques Bourdon d'Autray in 1653.[2]
Although the Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie was founded in 1732, it did not really begin to develop until 1831. In 1845, this parish was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Lanoraie, but abolished two years later in 1847, when it became part of the Berthier County Municipality. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie. In 1848, the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray was formed.[2]
On December 6, 2000, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie and the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray were merged to form the new Municipality of Lanoraie.[2]
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,123 (total dwellings: 2,199)
Mother tongue:
Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: