Constituted January 1, 1976 Postal code(s) J0L Area 87.6 km² Province Québec | Settled 1681 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area code(s) 450 and 579 Population 6,252 (2011) Local time Sunday 9:49 AM | |
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Weather -14°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 45% Humidity RCMs Montérégie, Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality | ||
Contrecœur is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 6,252. Contrecœur is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Montreal and is accessible via Autoroute 30, the main road from the southwest, which continues on to Sorel-Tracy.
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Map of Contrecoeur, QC, Canada
History
In 1672, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur, a soldier of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, was granted a seigneury by King Louis XIV. He and 68 other pioneers founded the town in 1681, and it is named in his honour. A migratory bird sanctuary is located near the town on Contrecœur Island.
References
Contrecœur, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA