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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,245.

History

In its origin, the municipality was simply named: Saint-Marc. In 1921, the municipality lost an important part of it's territory for the creation of the new municipality of Saint-Amable. In 1980, the municipality of Saint-Marc changed it's name to the current name of Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu.

On October 10, 2012, the municipality was reportedly the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale.

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