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Mont-Saint-Hilaire

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire

City in La-Vallée-du-Richelieu census division, southern Québec, 32 km/20 mi east-northeast of Montréal; population (1991) 12,300. Mont-Saint-Hilaire stands on the east bank of the River Richelieu, opposite Beloeil.

An agricultural community also noted for a number of artists who have lived here, Mont-Saint-Hilaire was a stronghold of the Patriotes during Papineau's Rebellion against English rule in 1837. After this uprising, many Scots settled here. Mount St-Hilaire (411 m/1,348 ft) is the highest of the Monteregian Hills.
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