Saint-Pierre-of-Véronne-with-Pike-To rivet is a Canadian municipality Quebec, located in the regional Municipalité of county of Brominates-Missisquoi, in the administrative area of the Montérégie.

Geography

This small town is located at approximately ten kilometers of the canado-American Frontière. Its territory is crossed by three brooks, that is to say the Beaver, to Louis-Rocheleau and Bellefroid-Dandurand, as by the river with the Pike which throws itself in the Missisquoi bay, located at 6 km.

History

Colonization starts at the XIXe century. In 1895, the parish of Saint-Pierre-Véronne is officially set up continuations of its detachment with the limithrophes municipalities of Saint-Georges-with-Clarenceville, of Our-Lady-of-Angel-with-Stanbridge, Stanbridge Station and Saint-Sebastien. During the creation of the municipality in 1912, the element Pike-To rivet was added to Saint-Pierre-Véronne . Many immigrants of the Swiss , Belgium and Poland settled in this locality.

Toponymy

The element véronne of the name seems to come from the Italian city Vérone, although in Italian this name is written only with one N . The component Saint-Pierre returns to the Dominican Pierre de Vérone (about 1205-1252), although it seems that the citizens wanted initially to pay homage to their first priest, Pierre-Joseph Cardin, who will make build a church and a presbytery in 1893. Lastly, the element Pike-To rivet is only the simple English translation of the name of the river to the Brochet which crosses the territory of the municipality.

Economic activities

The argriculture and the milk industry represent the whole of the economic activity of the municipality.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

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

External bonds

• Site Saint-Pierre-of-Véronne-with-Pike-To rivet

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