Back-plate

Contrecœur is a city of the Quebec, located in the regional Municipalité of county of Lajemmerais, in the administrative area of the Montérégie. It is named in the honor of Antoine Pecaudy de Contrecoeur, which was the lord at the time of News-France. It is located at the side of the St. Lawrence river. Dailleurs, one counts two marinas there. One names the inhabitants of this cities of the contrecoeurois/contrecoeuroise.

Back-plate is also the name of the wall of the bottom of a chimney.

Demography

1986 : 5.553 inhabitants

1991: 5.501 inhabitants

1996: 5.331 inhabitants

2001: 5.222 inhabitants

2006: 5.678 inhabitants

Municipalities bordering

Important dates

1845-1847: Municipality of Parish
1847-1855: Municipality abolished and replaced by an organization of county
1855-1902: Re-establishment of the municipality of Parish while preserving the organization of county
1902: Birth of the municipality of the Village having a surface of approximately a kilometer and half square around the church. The remainder of the territory of Back-plate remains the municipality of Parish.
1976: Fusion of the two municipalities in only one, the municipality of Back-plate.
1997: Back-plate obtains its statute of " ville".

Sources

Official site
Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
Commission of toponymy of Quebec
municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

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