Verchères

Also known as Vercheres

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Verchères
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: 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.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Southern Quebec#Canada Quebec#Canada
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in southern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: 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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Official website

Accueil - Nouvelle version - Municipalité de Verchères

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Verchèroise
Population: 5776
Area: 85.20
Official website: ville.vercheres.qc.ca
Image: Vercheres.jpg

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Commons category: Verchères
inception: 1971-09-18

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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.