Sainte-Julie, Quebec

Sainte-Julie
City
Sainte-Julie municipal library.
Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM.
Sainte-Julie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°35′N 73°20′W / 45.583°N 73.333°W / 45.583; -73.333[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Marguerite-D'Youville
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Mario Lemay
• Federal riding	Montarville
• Prov. riding	Verchères
Area [2][4]
• Total	48.90 km2 (18.88 sq mi)
• Land	48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	30,045
• Density	619.6/km2 (1,605/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.5%
• Dwellings	11,761
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J3E
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-20 (TCH) A-30	R-229
Website	www.ville. sainte-julie.qc.ca

Sainte-Julie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒyli]; originally Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères), is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 30,045. In 2009 Sainte-Julie was called one of the best towns in which to live in Quebec, and the city is often known as "The Happiest City in Quebec" (French: "La ville la plus heureuse du Québec").^[6]