Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec

Saint-Hippolyte
Municipality

Location within La Rivière-du-Nord RCM
Saint-Hippolyte
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°56′N 74°01′W / 45.93°N 74.02°W / 45.93; -74.02Coordinates: 45°56′N 74°01′W / 45.93°N 74.02°W / 45.93; -74.02[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM La Rivière-du-Nord
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2]
 • Mayor Bruno Laroche
 • Federal riding Rivière-du-Nord
 • Prov. riding Rousseau
Area[2][3]
 • Total 132.60 km2 (51.20 sq mi)
 • Land 120.65 km2 (46.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 8,083
 • Density 67.0/km2 (174/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 12.0%
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J8A 1A1
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 333
Website saint-hippolyte.ca

Saint-Hippolyte is a municipality within La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian mountains about 45 km north of Montreal. The name comes from Saint Hippolytus.

Part of the town was formerly known as Abercrombie-Est.

Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Piedmont, Prévost and some other communities in the Laurentians.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 8083 (2006 to 2011 population change: 12.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 7219
  • Population in 2001: 6039
  • Population in 1996: 5672
  • Population in 1991: 4697

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,558 (total dwellings: 4,784)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 4.7%
  • French as first language: 92.6%
  • English and French as first language: 1%
  • Other as first language: 1.7%


St-Hippolyte town hall

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.[5]

  • École primaire des Hauteurs
  • The primary schools cole des Hautbois in Saint-Colomban, Jean-Moreau in Sainte-Sophie and Sacré-Coeur in Saint-Jérôme serve sections
  • École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse and École secondaire des Hauts-Sommets in Saint-Jérôme

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56730 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 75045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2475045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ↑ "Trouver une école ou un centre." Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Retrieved on September 24, 2017. For attendance boundary information, click "Par bassin d'école"
  6. ↑ "MORIN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ "LAURENTIA ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "maps zone/171 - WEB SAINTE ADELE.pdf SAINTE ADÈLE ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
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