Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
🇨🇦 Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River.
Drummondville was founded in June 1815 by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Heriot. The purpose of the town was to provide a home for British soldiers in the War of 1812, and to guard the Saint-François (St Francis) River against American attacks. The town was named after Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada between 1813 and 1816.
The construction of the Hemmings Falls hydro-electric dam in 1920 brought a new wave of industrial growth to the Drummondville area. Several outlying municipalities have been amalgamated into Drummondville since the 1950s: • 1955: Saint-Joseph de Grantham, Saint-Jean-Baptiste • 1966: Drummondville-Ouest • 1982: Drummondville-Sud • 1993: Grantham • 2004: Saint-Nicéphore, Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval.
Attractions and culture Drummondville markets itself as Quebec's Capital of Expression and Traditions, with attractions focusing on culture, both past and present. The main attractions are the Village Québécois d'Antan.
Since 2008 Drummondville hosts Festival de la Poutine, towards the end of August; during three days people are invited to attend concerts there, and to savour several kinds of poutine, a Canadian dish of provincial origin.
From 1982 to 2017, Drummondville was home to the Mondial des Cultures, one of the largest folk dance festivals in the world.
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Drummondville has a population of over 68,601 people. Drummondville also forms one of the centres of the wider Centre-du-Québec region which has a population of over 242,399 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Drummondville has links with:
🇧🇪 Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium 🇫🇷 La Roche-sur-Yon, France🇫🇷 Saint-Jean-d'Angély 45.946
🇨🇦 Fredericton 45.95
🇺🇸 Manchester -72.517
🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières -72.545
🇺🇸 Montpelier -72.576
🇺🇸 Springfield -72.583
🇺🇸 Greenfield -72.6
Locations Near: Drummondville -72.4833,45.8833
🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières -72.545,46.34 d: 51
🇨🇦 Shawinigan -72.731,46.571 d: 78.7
🇨🇦 Sherbrooke -71.889,45.403 d: 70.6
🇨🇦 McMasterville -73.233,45.55 d: 69
🇨🇦 L'Assomption -73.417,45.8 d: 72.9
🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu -73.25,45.306 d: 87.6
🇨🇦 Joliette -73.45,46.017 d: 76.2
🇨🇦 Repentigny -73.467,45.733 d: 78
Antipodal to: Drummondville 107.517,-45.883
🇦🇺 Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18457.2
🇦🇺 Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18525.5
🇦🇺 Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18372.6
🇦🇺 Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18345.9
🇦🇺 City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18331.4
🇦🇺 Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18308.6
🇦🇺 Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18307.7
🇦🇺 Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18299