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
Lanoraie is located in Central Quebec
Lanoraie
Lanoraie
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°13′W / 45.967°N 73.217°W / 45.967; -73.217
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionLanaudière
RCMD'Autray
Settled1732
ConstitutedDecember 6, 2000
Government
 • MayorAndré Villeneuve
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingBerthier
Area
 • Total
115.47 km2 (44.58 sq mi)
 • Land102.74 km2 (39.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
5,134
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-21
Increase 7.2%
 • Dwellings
2,199
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0K 1E0
Area codes450, 579
Highways
A-40
R-138
Websitewww.lanoraie.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Lanoraie (French pronunciation: [lanɔʁɛ]) is a town in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

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

Historical census populations – Lanoraie
YearPop.±%
2001 3,869—    
2006 4,067+5.1%
2011 4,447+9.3%
2016 4,787+7.6%
2021 5,134+7.2%
Source: Statistics Canada

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 2,123 (total dwellings: 2,199)

Mother tongue (2021):

Education

The Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools.

See also

Notre-Dame Street in Oct 2022

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lanoraie (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 52017". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lanoraie (Code 2452017) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
  4. ↑ "de la Source d'Autray Archived 2017-09-23 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.