Lanoraie

Lanoraie
Municipality
Église Saint-Joseph de Lanoraie, 9 Oct 2022 Église Saint-Joseph de Lanoraie, 9 Oct 2022
Coat of arms of Lanoraie Coat of arms
Motto: Ferme est ma foy (French for "Firm is my faith")
Location within D'Autray RCM Location within D'Autray RCM
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	D'Autray
Settled	1732
Constituted	December 6, 2000
Government
• Mayor	André Villeneuve
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area
• Total	115.40 km2 (44.56 sq mi)
• Land	102.74 km2 (39.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	5,134
• Density	50/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	7.2%
• Dwellings	2,199
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0K 1E0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-40	Route 138
Website	www.lanoraie.ca

Lanoraie is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality.

History

When Jacques Cartier passed through in the 16th century, the Iroquois had already established themselves in the area, calling it Agochanda or Agouchonda, meaning "place where one stops to eat and rest". It was also in this area in 1642 that Isaac Jogues was abducted by the Mohawks along with Guillaume Couture and René Goupil, and taken into captivity and tortured.

In 1672, the Intendant of New France Jean Talon granted the territory as a seignory to Louis de Niort de La Noraye (1639-1708). In 1688, the Seignory of La Noraye (also spelled as: Lanauraie, Lanoraie, Noraye) was united with the Autray Seignory, granted in 1637 to Jean Bourdon who passed it on to his son Jacques Bourdon d'Autray in 1653.

Although the Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie was founded in 1732, it did not really begin to develop until 1831. In 1845, this parish was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Lanoraie, but abolished two years later in 1847, when it became part of the Berthier County Municipality. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie. In 1848, the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray was formed.

On December 6, 2000, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie and the Municipality of Lanoraie-d'Autray were merged to form the new Municipality of Lanoraie.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2021: 5,134 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.2%)
• Population in 2016: 4,787
• Population in 2011: 4,447
• Population in 2006: 4,067
• Population in 2001: 3,869

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2,123 (total dwellings: 2,199)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.2%
• French as first language: 95.5%
• English and French as first language: 1.1%
• Other as first language: 2.1%

Education

Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools, including:

• École de la Source d'Autray

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:

• Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée
• Joliette High School in Joliette

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

File:Rue Notre Dame, Lanoraie.jpg

Notre-Dame Street in Oct 2022

External links

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