Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,643.

Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM.
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°41′N 73°11′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Settled	1698
Constituted	March 22, 1995
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Sébastien Raymond
• Federal riding	Verchères—Les Patriotes
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area [2][4]
• Total	66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi)
• Land	65.21 km2 (25.18 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,643
• Density	25.2/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.7%
• Dwellings	698
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 2G0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 133
Website	www.saint-charles -sur-richelieu.ca

Demographics

Population Population trend:[5] Census Population Change (%) 1991 1,627 N/A 1996 1,710 5.1% 2001 1,736 1.5% 2006 1,742 0.3% 2011 1,643 5.7%

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,685 96.84% English only 25 1.44% Both English and French 10 0.57% Other languages 20 1.15%

Communities

• Kierkoski
• Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References