Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, a Canadian province. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 3,191. It is located within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in a valley between Mont Saint-Hilaire and Mont Rougemont.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste | |
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Municipality | |
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM | |
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°31′N 73°07′W[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Durand |
| • Federal riding | Beloeil—Chambly |
| • Prov. riding | Borduas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73.00 km2 (28.19 sq mi) |
| • Land | 72.03 km2 (27.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 3,191 |
| • Density | 44.3/km2 (115/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | |
| • Dwellings | 1,361 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0L 2B0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
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| Website | www |
On November 4, 1998 it moved from Rouville Regional County Municipality to La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.
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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.[6]
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