Lacolle, Quebec

Lacolle
Lacolle
Municipality
	Town hall
	Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
	Lacolle Location within southern Quebec
	Coordinates: 45°05′N 73°22′W / 45.083°N 73.367°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Le Haut-Richelieu
Constituted	September 13, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Lemaistre-Caron
• Federal riding	Saint-Jean
• Prov. riding	Huntingdon
Area
• Total	53.50 km2 (20.66 sq mi)
• Land	49.64 km2 (19.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,680
• Density	54.0/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.7%
• Dwellings	1,185
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1J0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-221 ; R-223 ; R-202
Website	www.lacolle.com

Lacolle (French pronunciation: [lakɔl]) is a municipality in southern Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of the Montérégie, on the Canada–United States border. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,680. The Lacolle River runs eastward through the middle of the town and empties in Richelieu River. More people cross the border illegally from the United States there than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017.^[5] The nearest town across the border is Champlain, New York.

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^ ^a ^b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lacolle". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-JEAN (Quebec)
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^ Quan, Douglas (3 February 2019). "RCMP has spent more than $6.6M to process migrants at Canada's busiest illegal crossing". National Post. Retrieved 4 February 2019.