Coteau-du-Lac

The place was mentioned in 1687 by the Marquis de Denonville. His record stated that " du Lac is a place where one stopped on the way to the ''Rapides d'en Haut", referring to a small hillside (French: coteau) on the north side of the St. Lawrence River near the mouth of Lake Saint Francis (French: lac Saint-François''). In mid-2013, around 120 people were temporarily evacuated, and two people died after an explosion in the local fireworks factory. In early April 2023, 3,672 people lost electric power for up to several days as the result of a massive power outage caused by an extended period of freezing rain in the region. == Demographics ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coteau-du-Lac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. ==Government==

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality): • Joseph Henri Paul Fernand Desforges (1982–1989) • Pierre Chevrier (1989–1996) • Robert Sauvé (1996–2013) • Guy Jasmin (2013–2017) • Andrée Brosseau (2017–present) ==Education==

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. • École de Coteau-du-Lac (pavillons Académie-Wilson, de l'Éclusière, and Saint-Ignace) Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. • Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare or Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore ==Notable people==

• Jules Fournier (1884-1918) was a Canadian writer and newspaper owner ==See also==