Saint-Hyacinthe
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Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region and is crossed by the Yamaska River, which is perpendicular to Quebec Autoroute 20. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the same name.
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- Saint-Hyacinthe
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- City
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- Location within Les Maskoutains RCM
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- Canada Southern Quebec
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- Location in southern Quebec
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Montérégie
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- Les Maskoutains
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Maskoutaine
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Les Maskoutains
- Population
- 59448
- Area
- 191.60
- Body of water
- Rivière Yamaska
- Capital of
- Les Maskoutains
- Shares border with
- Saint-Dominique
- Official website
- www.ville.st-hyacinthe.qc.ca
- Image
- Portedesanciensmaires.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Q8748002
- Commons category
- Saint-Hyacinthe
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint-Hyacinthe
- inception
- 1849-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saint-Hyacinthe
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 2001 merger
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Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region and is crossed by the Yamaska River, which is perpendicular to Quebec Autoroute 20. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the same name.
== History == Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon dit Delorme, owner of the seigneurie, started its settlement in 1757. He gave his patron saint name (Saint Hyacinth the Confessor of Poland) to the seigneurie, which was made a city in 1850.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Hyacinthe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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