See also: Saint-Hyacinthe (homonymy)

Saint-Hyacinthe is a Ville Quebec, located in the Regional Municipalité of County of the Maskoutains of which it is it city-center, in the administrative area of the Montérégie. The city is also crossed by the river Yamaska perpendicular to the Autoroute 20. It is named in the honor of Hyacinthe of Cracow.

It viscéralement is viscéralement called the Agro-alimentary Technopolis of Canada, since place themselves, in particular, an important research center on food, an agro-alimentary institute, the head office of the Center of artificial insemination of Quebec where the first ox in the world was clone, Starbuck. Saint-Hyacinthe also counts the only medical college veterinary surgeon in Quebec, in addition to being the only one with being French-speaking in North America.

The Organ Casavant Frères, which launched the first factory of organ to pipes of North America, is also established in Saint-Hyacinthe. According to the census of 2001,98% of the population maskoutaine had French like native tongue.

History

Pierre-François Stone of Vaudreuil, rider and native of Mortagne-with-Pole in France, accepted in 1748 a gigantic small holding, i.e. a Seigneurie, of the king of France Louis XV. The latter was allotted to him as a reward for its honest services near the community of the News-France. It was the last Legs of France in Canada. Louis XV ratified the concession by patent of it on April 30th 1749.

Covering a surface of 36 places, this immense territory, crossed by a river and a forest rich in pines, appreciated forever of Pierre-François Stone of Vaudreuil and there remained virgin until October 25th 1753, date where he was sold in front of the notaries Dulaurent & Sanguinet, with Mr Jacques-Hyacinthe-Simon Delorme, contractor for the platforms and artillery mountings. The territory was sold for the moderate amount of 4000 francs, that is to say approximately 800$ at the time.

Jacques-Hyacinthe was 31 years old. He took possession of his seigniory only in spring 1757, accompanied by his wife Marie-Josephte Jutras says Desrosiers, as well as six clearers. The first French colonists settled in the “Rapid Dish” and undertook the construction of their house close to the river maskoutain, the Yamaska, in order to facilitate the clearing of the grounds which was for the construction of warships French, as well as agriculture.

A few years later, Jacques-Hyacinthe discovered another site, with the foot of a producing fall of hydraulic power, which it named a little later, the “Cascade”. He invited his colonists then to build himself close to this Faille and it is with the surroundings that new the Saint-Hyacinthe will develop, current economic heart. Markets, centers, mill, place of worship, all the buildings of scale are in this new center. The manor seigneurial is even built on a hillock close to the river.

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In 1849, Saint-Hyacinthe is set up in municipality of Village. One year later, it will be known as municipality of Ville and finally, in 1857, Cité.

In 1976, a fusion with three neighbouring municipalities (Providence, Saint-Joseph and Douville) the place among the most important cities in Quebec. In 2002, a second regrouping creates the current town of Saint-Hyacinthe , with a total of 51.359 inhabitants at the time of this fusion:

As from the years 1975, Saint-Hyacinthe made remarkable great strides, grinds companies try to be established in this peaceful city. In 2005, the giant of the Insurances, ING Canada, made the decision to install its head office with Saint-Hyacinthe .

Climate

Saint-Hyacinthe enjoys a wet continental climate marked by great thermal amplitudes. The annual variation of the temperatures is of approximately 38°C. Following the example other Québécois cities, Saint-Hyacinthe undergoes sometimes great temperature variations. Indeed, those can vary between a cold record of -41,0°C, recorded on January 27th, 1994, with a maximum record of 35,6°C, on August 1st, 1975. The topography of the area not having a great influence on the regional temperature, the summer season is not characterized by the presence of cold night.

Since the end of the autumn and the winter are recognized to be periods at the moderated temperatures, under the effect of the masses of polar air brought by the east winds, it goes without saying that there are frequent heavy snowfalls. The record was established the December 14th and 15th 2003, where, in the space of less than 12 midnight, 71,4 centimetres were abbatus in the great area maskoutaine. Even if this storm were most important in term of precipitation, it does not remain about it less than the storm of the century remains that of March 1971, characterized by a violent one blizzard.

The area was also touched by the massive fall of Verglas, in 1998, where it formed, which had called the media, “the black triangle”. From 80 to 100 millimetres of glaze had fallen in a few days, plunging the city in the half-light during 23 days. The Canadian forces were then present to provide for the needs for the population at the time of this crisis.

Sports

Of 1989 with 1996, the town of Saint-Hyacinthe bénificiait of his own team of hockey in the League of Hockey Major Junior of Quebec, the Laser of Saint-Hyacinthe, in whom Martin Brodeur evolved/moved, today Goalkeeper star for the Devils of the New Jersey in LNH. Currently, the city is represented in the Nord-Américaine league of Hockey by the club “Top Design of Saint-Hyacinthe”. In addition, Saint-Hyacinthe has his own team of hockey of level Midget AAA: The Gallic ones of the College Antoine-Girouard in the past called Residents of Richelieu.

Saint-Hyacinthe also accommodated the Jeux of Quebec in winter 2005.

Education and Culture

  • Medical college veterinary surgeon of the University of Montreal. Only medical school French-speaking veterinary surgeon in North America.

  • agroalimentary Institute of technology, St-Hyacinthe Campus.
  • Cégep of Saint-Hyacinthe
  • Polyvalente Hyacinthe-Delorme
  • Collège Saint-Maurice
  • Collège Secondary Antoine-Girouard
  • École Saint-Joseph
  • École Rene Saint-Pierre
  • École Secondary Fadette
  • Secondary École Casavant
  • Expression Centers exposure of Saint-Hyacinthe
  • Center of arts Juliette-Lassonde
  • Vocational school of St-Hyacinthe (EPSH)

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Personalities

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Illustrations, photographs and vidéos

  • Video amateur presenting some historical buildings on the street Girouard lasting the first 8 minutes (November 2004)

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