Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec

Not to be confused with the former Saint-Jean-Baptiste which is now part of Mont-Joli, Quebec.

Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Municipality

Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°31′N 73°07′W / 45.517°N 73.117°W / 45.517; -73.117Coordinates: 45°31′N 73°07′W / 45.517°N 73.117°W / 45.517; -73.117^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government^[2]^[3]
• Mayor	Jacques Durand
• Federal riding	Beloeil—Chambly
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area^[2]^[4]
• 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	5.1%
• Dwellings	1,361
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0L 2B0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 227
Website	www.msjb.qc.ca

Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a municipality in the Montérégie region of the Canadian province of Quebec. 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.

On November 4, 1998 it moved from Rouville Regional County Municipality to La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:^[5]

Mother tongue language (2006)^[7]

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

Subdivisions of La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality

Cities	Beloeil Carignan Chambly Mont-Saint-Hilaire Otterburn Park Saint-Basile-le-Grand

Municipalities	McMasterville Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil

Regional County Municipalities in Montérégie: Acton Beauharnois-Salaberry Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska La Vallée-du-Richelieu Le Haut-Richelieu Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Les Jardins-de-Napierville Les Maskoutains Marguerite-D'Youville Pierre-De Saurel Roussillon Rouville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Urban Agglomerations: Longueuil (TE) Native Reserves: Akwesasne Kahnawake

Municipalities of the CMM and/or Montreal CMA

Urban agglomeration of Montreal Urban agglomeration of Longueuil Laval

North Shore	Blainville Bois-des-Filion Boisbriand Charlemagne Deux-Montagnes Gore¹ Kanesatake¹ L'Assomption L'Épiphanie (P)¹ L'Épiphanie (V)¹ Lavaltrie¹ Lorraine Mascouche Mirabel Oka Pointe-Calumet Repentigny Rosemère Saint-Colomban¹ Saint-Eustache Saint-Jérôme¹ Saint-Placide¹ Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Saint-Sulpice Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Sainte-Thérèse Terrebonne

South Shore	Beauharnois Beloeil Calixa-Lavallée² Candiac Carignan Chambly Châteauguay Contrecoeur² Coteau-du-Lac¹ Delson Hudson Kahnawake¹ L'Île-Cadieux L'Île-Perrot La Prairie Léry Les Cèdres Les Coteaux¹ McMasterville Mercier Mont-Saint-Hilaire Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Otterburn Park Pincourt Pointe-des-Cascades Richelieu Saint-Amable Saint-Basile-le-Grand Saint-Constant Saint-Isidore Saint-Jean-Baptiste² Saint-Lazare Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Saint-Mathieu Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Saint-Philippe Saint-Zotique¹ Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Julie Terrasse-Vaudreuil Varennes Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac Verchères

¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA

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