Verchères
Verchères | |
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Statue honouring heroine Madeleine de Verchères. | |
Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM. | |
Verchères Location in southern Quebec. Verchères Verchères (Quebec) Verchères Verchères (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′N 73°21′W / 45.783°N 73.350°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Marguerite-D'Youville |
| Constituted | September 18, 1971 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Katherine R. L'Heureux |
| • Federal riding | Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères |
| • Prov. riding | Verchères |
| Area | |
| 85.20 km2 (32.90 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 72.63 km2 (28.04 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 5,759 | |
| • Density | 79.3/km2 (205/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,359 |
| • Urban density | 1,457.8/km2 (3,776/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 1.3% |
| • Dwellings | 2,453 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-30 | R-132 |
| Website | www |
Verchères (French pronunciation: [vɛʁʃɛʁ]) 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.