Marieville () is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region about east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 11,332.
History In 1708, Sieur Claude de Ramezey obtained a parcel of land which was named the Monnoir manor. Population increased starting at around 1740. It became a parish in 1832 and officially an incorporated municipality in 1858 and later an incorporated city in 1905. In 2000, the parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, which previously demerged from Marieville in 1855 was re-merged. Its main economic activity today is still agriculture.Ville de Marieville
Geography Marieville is accessible via Quebec Autoroute 10, which runs from Montreal to Sherbrooke via Granby and Magog. Quebec Route 112 is a route that runs parallel to A-10 but through the municipality but continues north of Sherbrooke toward Thetford Mines. Quebec Route 227 is the secondary road that connects A-10 to the centre of Marieville and runs south towards Champlain Lake and north towards Quebec Autoroute 20 near Sainte-Madeleine.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marieville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 11,332 5.7% 2016 10,725 6.3% 2011 10,094 27.7% 2006 7,904 9.2% 2001 7,240 31.4% 1996 5,510 7.4% 1991 5,128 4.4% 1986 4,913 1.8% 1981 4,824 0.6% 1976 4,853 3.9% 1971 4,670 6.9% 1966 4,368 14.7% 1961 3,809 9.5% 1956 3,478 11.6% 1951 3,117 30.2% 1941 2,394 20.5% 1931 1,986 13.6% 1921 1,748 10.1% 1911 1,587 21.5% 1901 1,306 3.2% 1891 1,266 26.7% 1881 999 38.2% 1871 723 5.0% 1861 761 N/A
(+) Amalgamation with Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir on June 14, 2000.
Mother tongue language (2021) Language Population Percent (%) French only 10,585 94.6% English only 190 1.7% Both English and French 115 1.0% Other languages 280 2.5%
Attractions Marieville has its own Christmas Market. There were Christmas Markets since 2010.Demers, Xavier. "Marché de Noël de Marieville: Le retour aux traditions", Journal de Chambly, Chambly, December 10th, 2017. Retrieved on March 21st, 2018. It also has its Public Market from June to October, since June 2012.
Government
City Council Vincent Després, mayor.
Education
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
Notable people Thierry Larose, indie rock singer-songwriter Kevin Owens, WWE wrestler, was raised in Marieville
See also List of cities in Quebec CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan, which provides commuter and local bus services
References
External links
City of Marieville website (French only) Marieville's Public Market website (French only)