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Joliette | |
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| Ville de Joliette | |
 boulevard Manseau | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Joliette RCM. | |
  Joliette Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W / 46.017°N 73.450°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Joliette |
| Constituted | November 12, 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre-Luc Bellerose |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Prov. riding | Joliette |
| Area | |
• City | 23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi) |
| • Land | 22.96 km2 (8.86 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 39.03 km2 (15.07 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• City | 21,384 |
| • Density | 891.8/km2 (2,310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 49,246 |
| • Urban density | 1,261.7/km2 (3,268/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 52,706 |
| • Metro density | 485.0/km2 (1,256/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  6.6% |
| • Dwellings | 10,285 |
| Demonym(s) | Joliettain, Joliettaine |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-31 |  R-131  R-158  R-343 |
| Website | www |
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.
Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière.[4]
It was founded as L'Industrie by the businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863, when it changed its name to Joliette..
The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.
Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Joliette". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ a b "Joliette census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/?page=schools/joliette-high
- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.