Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the southwestern part of Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,285.History
In 1694, King Louis XIV granted the Seigneurie of Saint-Denis to the aristocrat French Army officer, Louis-François De Gannes, sieur de Falaise of Buxeuil, Vienne, France. He named his seigniory after his wife, Barbe Denys.
A great stone Roman Catholic Saint-Denis Church was completed in 1796.
On November 23, 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu was the site of the murder of British courier, Lieutenant George Weir by Patriotes. Subsequently, the Patriotes, calling themselves The Sons of Liberty based on the American model, won a battle here against the British Army that marked the official beginning of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Today, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu has a museum called the Maison nationale des Patriotes, an interpretation centre that presents a history of the Patriotes movement that was led by the villager's most famous resident, Wolfred Nelson.
On October 21s 2012, a monument to the memory of Louis-Joseph Papineau was unveiled in a park next to City Hall, along the river, by Québec Premiere Pauline Marois.Demographics
Population
Population trend:
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2011 | 2,285 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,243 | 2.7% |
| 2001 | 2,183 | 47.46% |
| 1996 | 1,147 | 0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,153 | N/A |
Amalgamation of the Parish and the Village of Saint-Denis.Language
Mother tongue language
| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 1,505 | 97.41% |
| English only | 15 | 0.97% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other languages | 25 | 1.62% |
