Sainte-Martine, Quebec
Sainte-Martine is a municipality in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 5,664. The municipality is made up of a large northern section and a small unattached southern area that was known as the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay until its merger with Sainte-Martine on September 9, 1999.
History
Sainte-Martine is named in honor of Martina of Rome, martyred in 226. Being already settled and recognize as Sainte-Martine for many years, the status of the municipality was officialized on July 1, 1855, as the parish municipality of Sainte-Martine.The municipality lost a section of its territory in 1885 for the creation of the parish of Très-Saint-Sacrement. It also lost a sizeable part in 1937 when Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay split from Saint-Martine to become its own municipality, but it was eventually reattached to Sainte-Martine in 1999.
Geography
Communities
In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:- Laberge - a hamlet located along Quebec Route 205 in the north part of the municipality.
- La Ferme - a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.
- Le Domaine-de-la-Pêche-au-Saumon - a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.
- Le Méandre - a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.
Local government
List of former mayors:- James Perrigo
- Marc Antoine Primo
- François Gagné
- Joseph Taillefer
- James Wight
- Charles Mentor Lebrun
- James McGowan
- Jean Baptiste Eustache Bergevin dit Langevin
- Antonin Hébert
- Philémon Laberge
- Jesephat Hébert
- Médard Cardinal
- Joseph Hébert
- Jean-Baptiste Roy
- Edouard McGowan
- Joseph Théodore Breault
- Hospice Desrosiers
- Hilaire Bonnier
- Barnabé Laberge
- François Xavier Morand
- Narcisse Vinette
- Charles Ulric Bergevin
- Arthur Laberge
- Albert Desrosiers
- Ulric Archambault
- Louis-Philippe Chaput
- Nolasque April
- Joseph-Albert Poupart
- Wilfrid Morand
- Arthur Mallette
- Léo Chèvrefils
- Léo Desparois
- Aldéo Huot
- Edouard Lefort
- Ronaldo Bélanger
- Jean-Claude Desgroseilliers
- Paul-Émile Dionne
- Joseph-Léo-Gilles-Roméo Myre
- François Candau
- Éric Brault
- Jean-Denis Barbeau
- Maude Laberge
- Mélanie Lefort