Joliette, Quebec
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Joliette is a city
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in southwest Quebec
Quebec
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, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) northeast of Montreal
Montreal
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, on the L'Assomption River
L'Assomption River
The Assomption River is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, is over 200 km long, and has a drainage basin of 4220 km². Its source is the Mont Tremblant massif...
and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette
Joliette Regional County Municipality, Quebec
300px|rightJoliette is a regional county municipality in southwest-central Quebec, Canada. The regional county seat is Joliette. The municipality has a land area of 416.285 km² and a 2006 census population of 58,354 inhabitants....
. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.
Joliette has 3 francophone high schools and 1 anglophone high school as well as a francophone CEGEP
Cégep
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.
It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette
Barthélemy Joliette
Barthélemy Joliette was a notary, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East....
in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863.
The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.
Joliette is the seat of the judicial district
Judicial districts of Quebec
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of Joliette.
Local institutions
Education- Le collège constituant de Joliette partie intégrante du Cégep régional de Lanaudière
- École secondaire Thérèse-Martin
- École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette
- Joliette High School
- Académie Antoine-Manseau
- École Primaire Les Mélèzes
- École Primaire Saint-Pierre (Marie-Charlotte)
- Maternelle Wilfred Gervais