Varennes, Quebec

Varennes is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The city is approximately 24 km from Downtown Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 20,994. In 2015, the population is listed at 24,000.

History
The history of Varennes starts with the arrival of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières in New France. René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes, was given three concessions by intendant Jean Talon in 1672, le Tremblay, la Gabelle and Varennes. Jaques-René, one of his sons, was the second seigneur of Varennes. Five seignories later composed the Varennes parish. They were the seignories du Cap de Varennes, de l'île Sainte Thérèse, de Grand Maison, du Cap de la trinité and du Cap Saint-Michel. The town was captured by the British in 1760 during the Montreal Campaign. It was part of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then of Lower Canada, before it returned to being part of Quebec again in 1867 due to Canadian Confederation.

Varennes gained the status of city in 1972.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Varennes had a population of $21,198$ living in $8,412$ of its $8,538$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $21,257$. With a land area of 94.8 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

 * Gilles Courteau
 * Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion
 * Félix Geoffrion
 * Marc-Amable Girard
 * Sylvain Grenier


 * Marie-Mai
 * Louis Massue
 * Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave
 * Théodore Robitaille
 * Louis-Adélard Sénécal
 * Marie-Marguerite d'Youville