Saint-Polycarpe () is a municipality in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and just east of the Quebec-Ontario border. It was named for Polycarp, a 2nd-century bishop of Smyrna. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 2,372.
While a parish during the 18th century, its territory included portions of what is now part of Saint-Zotique.
History Settlement began around 1800 when a sawmill and a flour mill were built at the rapids of the Delisle river. In 1818, a chapel was built there and in 1830, the parish was established, called Saint-Polycarpe de la Nouvelle-Longueuil. Its post office was built in 1846.
In 1845, the Municipality of La Nouvelle-Longueuil was created, but abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was recreated out of Vaudreuil County as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe. In 1887, the village itself split off from the surrounding rural parish to form the Village Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe.
On 31 December 1988, the parish and village merged again to form the Municipality of Saint-Polycarpe.
Geography Climate Based on the Dalhousie Mills station in Saint-Télesphore
Demographics
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 2,075 3.2% 87.4% 140 40.0% 5.9% 70 180.0% 2.9% 70 22.2% 2.9% 2,010 12.3% 90.3% 100 5.3% 4.5% 25 66.7% 1.1% 90 38.5% 4.0% 1,790 10.2% 91.1% 95 171.4% 4.8% 15 50.0% 0.8% 65 62.5% 3.3% 1,625 2.2% 95.0% 35 30.0% 2.1% 10 n/a% 0.6% 40 n/a% 2.3% 1,590 6.0% 97.0% 50 61.5% 3.1% 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 1,500 n/a 90.9% 130 n/a 7.9% 10 n/a 0.6% 10 n/a 0.6%
See also List of municipalities in Quebec
References
External links
Location of Saint-Polycarpe (courtesy of Google Maps) Vaudreuil-Soulanges County Map