Beloeil

Beloeil is an off-island suburb of Montreal, placed in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the Richelieu River, 32 kilometres east of Montreal. According to the reliable Commission de toponymie du Quebec, the name is written Beloeil with an oe-ligature, however different resources keep away from the ligature, together with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the metropolis's personal reputable internet site. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census became 20,783. It is part of the Regional County Municipality of La Vallee-du-Richelieu, in the Administrative Region of Monteregie. It occupies the west shore of the Richelieu River in front of the Mont Saint-Hilaire.

Along with the municipality of McMasterville to the on the spot south of Beloeil, and the towns of Mont-Saint-Hilaire and Otterburn Park on the eastern financial institution of the Richelieu, Beloeil bureaucracy an unbroken city location of over 50,796 inhabitants, that is a part of Greater Montreal. Beloeil changed into created as a village in 1903 and have become a ville in 1914, but can trace its history thru the parish of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, established in 1772, and the seigneurie de Beloeil, based in 1694. Its call likely derives from the vintage French expression "Quel bel oeil!", that means "What a lovely view!", usually attributed to Jean-Baptiste Hertel, brother of the first seigneur of Beloeil, Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresniere.