Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lanaudière
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam də luʁd]) is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River.
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | |
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Public Library | |
 Location within Joliette RCM | |
  Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°06′N 73°26′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Joliette |
| Constituted | October 28, 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Céline Geoffroy |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Prov. riding | Joliette |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.10 km2 (13.94 sq mi) |
| • Land | 35.69 km2 (13.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 3,141 |
| • Density | 88.2/km2 (228/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  12.9% |
| • Dwellings | 1,352 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-131 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2021: 3141 (2016 to 2021 population change: 12.9%)
- Population in 2016: 2783 (2011 to 2016 population change: 7.2%)
- Population in 2011: 2595 (2006 to 2011 population change: 17.9%)
- Population in 2006: 2201 (2001 to 2006 population change: 1.1%)
- Population in 2001: 2176
- Population in 1996: 2087
- Population in 1991: 2060
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1298 (total dwellings: 1352)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.8%
- French as first language: 97.2%
- English and French as first language: 0.8%
- Other as first language: 1%
Education
Centre de services scolaire des Samares operates francophone[5] public schools, including:
- École Sainte-Bernadette[6]
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
- Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée[7]
- Joliette High School in Joliette[8]
