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Verchères
Sign in to saveVerchères () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 5,759.
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- Settlement.name
- Verchères
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Vercheres.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Statue honouring heroine Madeleine de Verchères.
- Settlement.image_map
- Verchères Quebec location diagram.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM.
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- Canada Southern Quebec#Canada Quebec#Canada
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in southern Quebec.
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Montérégie
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Marguerite-D'Youville
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
- Settlement.established_date1
- September 18, 1971
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Verchères () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 5,759.
== History == thumb|Welcome sign at the south entrance, along the Marie-Victorin road thumb|Overview of the village cemetery thumb|Heritage house along the Marie-Victorin road (route 132) In the 17th century, the settlement at Verchères was the scene of an Iroquois raid that was apparently thwarted by the ingenuity of a 14-year-old girl named Madeleine (now known as Madeleine de Verchères). A cast-iron statue of Madeleine de Verchères stands today by the former location of the settlement stronghold on the shore of the Saint-Lawrence river.