Château-Richer

Château-Richer is a small town situated in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City, Château-Richer is the seat for the Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality.
The first rural parish in New France was established there in 1678 and many of the oldest families in Quebec first settled there. Even today, a fairly large segment of the town's population can be traced back to those pioneering families.
The town stretches for several miles alongside Route 138. This road, which was originally known as the King's Road (Chemin du Roy, or Chemin royal), to be later renamed Avenue royale, is among the first ones to be built in North America.
History
In 1626, Samuel de Champlain established in Château-Richer the first farm in the Saint Lawrence valley, to feed the people of Quebec city. Jean Bourdon's map of 1641 is the earliest source that mentions the name "Chateau Richer", referring only to the cape or headland on which stands the present church. But the origin of this name remains uncertain. In 1646, Olivier Letardif, Lord and Chief Prosecutor, granted 20 concessions to the inhabitants of Château-Richer so that they could officially establish themselves properly.
In 1678, the local parish was formed, named La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame. On March 15, 1753, Château-Richer became very first organized village in New France. In 1832, the post office opened. In 1845, the municipality was first established but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished in 1855 when it was incorporated as a parish municipality. Château-Richer was the county town of defunct Montmorency County.
Louis-Théodore Besserer, a prominent businessman of Ottawa, was born in Château-Richer.
In 1968, it changed its status and became Ville de Château-Richer with the status of a town.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Château-Richer 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.
Mother tongue:
English as first language: 0.6%
French as first language: 97.7%
English and French as first language: 0.4%
Other as first language: 1.3%
List of mayors
Successive mayors of Château-Richer:
Lemoine, H. : 1845 - 1848
Huot, Michel : 1849 - 1851
Renaud, Jean : 1852 - 1854
Rheaume, Charles : 1855 - 1857
Bernier, L.P. : 1858 - 1859
Gravel, Alexandre : 1860 - 1871
Cloutier, Vincent : 1872 - 1873
Tremblay, Onésime : 1874 - 1875
Cauchon, Pierre : 1876 - 1876
Cloutier, Edouard : 1877 - 1885
Gravel, Louis-Nérée : 1886 - 1887
Premont, Joseph : 1888 - 1888
Cloutier, Joseph. P. : 1889 - 1890
Gariepy, Edouard : 1890 - 1891
Simard, Etienne Romain : 1891 - 1891
Cote, François : 1882 - 1892
Laplante, François Xavier : 1883 - 1895
Cloutier, Nazaire : 1896 - 1899
Dick, Herménégilde : 1900 - 1900
Lefrancois, Amédée : 1901 - 1901
Jobidon, Julien : 1902 - 1902
Cloutier, Joseph : 1903 - 1916
Cloutier, Emile : 1917 - 1920
Cloutier, Joseph : 1921 - 1924
Lefrancois, Jules A. : 1925 - 1931
Jobidon, Hilaire : 1931 - 1933
Gravel, Edouard Lazare : 1933 - 1935
Jobidon, Pierre : 1935 - 1937
Cauchon, Léonidas : 1937 - 1939
Rheaume, Lucien : 1939 - 1959
Gagnon, Philippe : 1959 - 1965
Laplante, Omer : 1965 - 1967
Bolduc, Jean-Guy : 1967 - 1973
Premont, Paul-Emile : 1973 - 1977
Bolduc, Jean-Guy : 1977 - 1978
Verreault, Noël : 1978 - 1985
Laplante, Léo : 1985 - 1993
Cloutier, Jean-Guy : 1993–2005
Dancause, Frédéric : 2005 - 2017
Robitaille, Jean : 2017 - 2021
Pouliot, Gino : 2021 -
See also
Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
Saint-Adolphe River North-East
Rivière du Petit Pré
Cazeau River
Rivière du Sault à la Puce
Rivière aux Chiens (Côte-de-Beaupré)
Rivière la Retenue
Centre d'Interprétation de la Côte-de-Beaupré
List of cities in Quebec
References
External links
Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale