Saint Hyacinthe

Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census became 53,236. The metropolis is positioned in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Monteregie area, and is traversed via the Yamaska River which flows perpendicular to Quebec Autoroute 20. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the equal name. At the time of its establishment in 1678, the village of Saint-Hyacinthe had a populace of 67. A year later it was made a city, and in 1857 it changed into made a city.

The city is called for Saint Hyacinth the Confessor. Its St. Hyacinth's Cathedral is the seat of the Latin Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, which became erected in 1852 and has the identical consumer saint.Agriculture and its related derivates are on the heart of Saint-Hyacinthe's economic infrastructure. The city has been nicknamed the "Agricultural technopolis of Canada", due to the fact it is home to several research institutions in the subject along with the centre de recherche sur les aliments, the Institut de recherche et developpement en agro-environnement, the institute de technologie agroalimentaire and the pinnacle workplace of the Artificial Insemination Center of Quebec.