# Napierville > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Napierville > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Napierville.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville > Source revision: 1307453558 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [Naperville, Illinois](/source/Naperville,_Illinois). **Napierville** (napjɛʁvil) is a municipality in the [Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality](/source/Les_Jardins-de-Napierville_Regional_County_Municipality) in [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada, situated in the [Montérégie](/source/Mont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie) administrative region. The population as of the [2021 Canadian Census](/source/2021_Canadian_Census) was 4,020. It is the location of the seat of the [Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality](/source/Les_Jardins-de-Napierville_Regional_County_Municipality). It is surrounded by the municipality of [Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville](/source/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville). ## History The area opened for settlement in the early 19th century. At that time, the lands were part of the Seignory of Léry, owned by [Napier Christie Burton](/source/Napier_Christie_Burton) who had inherited the [seignory](/source/Seignory) upon the death of his father, [Gabriel Christie](/source/Gabriel_Christie_(British_Army_officer)), in 1799. The seignory was looked after by Samuel Potts as temporary agent until 1815, and then by [Edme Henry](/source/Edme_Henry), who managed the Christie seignories for twenty years. In 1822, Edme Henry donated land in Napierville for the construction of a Catholic church.[1] Around 1823, the place was called "Les Côtes", meaning "the hills" and referred to its uneven terrain. In 1832, its post office opened.[2] In 1855, it was first incorporated as the Village Municipality of Napierville, named after Napier Christie Burton. In 1857, it was dissolved and merged with [Saint-Cyprien](/source/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville). On January 1, 1873, the Village Municipality of Napierville was reestablished when it separated from the Parish Municipality of St-Cyprien.[2][3] On April 4, 2009, the Village Municipality of Napierville changed statutes and became a regular municipality.[3] ## Demographics ### Population Historical Census Data - Napierville, Quebec Year Pop. ±% 1921 741 — 1931 857 +15.7% 1941 990 +15.5% 1951 1,356 +37.0% 1956 1,510 +11.4% 1961 1,812 +20.0% 1966 2,010 +10.9% 1971 1,987 −1.1% 1976 2,166 +9.0% 1981 2,343 +8.2% 1986 2,551 +8.9% 1991 2,909 +14.0% 1996 3,004 +3.3% 2001 3,073 +2.3% 2006 3,352 +9.1% 2011 3,525 +5.2% 2016 3,899 +10.6% 2021 4,020 +3.1% Population amounts are not adjusted for boundary changes (Napierville annexed parts of St-Cyprien in 1966 and 1970). ### Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Napierville, Quebec[4] Census Total French English French & English Other Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 2016 3,899 3,730 10.4% 95.7% 105 16.7% 2.7% 15 -40.0% 0.4% 5 -80.0% 0.1% 2011 3,520 3,380 6.0% 96.02% 90 0.0% 2.56% 25 37.5% 0.71% 25 16.7% 0.71% 2006 3,350 3,190 8.3% 95.22% 90 200.0% 2.69% 40 n/a% 1.19% 30 200.0% 0.90% 2001 2,985 2,945 2.4% 98.66% 30 64.7% 1.00% 0 100.0% 0.00% 10 n/a% 0.33% 1996 2,970 2,875 n/a 96.80% 85 n/a 2.86% 10 n/a 0.34% 0 n/a 0.00% ## Local government List of former mayors:[3] - Joseph Gaspard Laviolette (1873–1876) - Toussaint Catudal (1876–1892) - Jean Rigobert Morrier (1892–1895) - Narcisse Catudal (1895–1898) - Julius Marceau (1898–1899) - Gilbert Smith (1899–1902) - Cyrille Bourgeois (1902–1903) - Raphaël Martineau (1903–1904) - Louis Napoléon McQueen (1904–1908) - Pierre Bourgeois (1908–1917) - Zénon Isabelle (1917–1921) - Wilfrid Gadoua (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1933–1935) - Arthur P. Beaulieu (1925–1927, 1929–1933) - Jean Beaudin (1935–1941, 1945–1953) - Jean Gadoua (1941–1945) - Henri Grégoire (1953–1955, 1957–1960, 1967–1969) - Maurice Bourgeois (1955–1957, 1960–1963) - Joseph Jules Émile Bisaillon (1963–1967) - Jacques Bourgeois (1969–1973) - Georges Martin (1973–1978) - Robert Gadoua (1978–1980) - Florent Coache (1980–1981, 1994–1998) - Raynald Martineau (1981–1987) - Michel Charbonneau (1987–1989) - Jean Béchard (1989–1990) - Gilles Montbleau (1990–1994) - Maurice Tremblay (1998–2000) - Serge Ouimet (2000–2001) - Alain Fredette (2001–2013) - Jacques Délisle (2013–2016) - Chantale Pelletier (2016–present) ## Notable people - [Louis Cyr](/source/Louis_Cyr), strongman[2] ## See also - [List of municipalities in Quebec](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Quebec) ## References 1. ["À propos de Napierville - Un peu d'histoire"](https://www.napierville.ca/fr/municipalite/a-propos/un-peu-d-histoire/) (in French). *www.napierville.ca*. Municipalité de Napierville. Retrieved 8 May 2024. 1. ["Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Napierville (municipalité) 1.1.1873 - ..."](https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1573). *www.mairesduquebec.com*. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 8 May 2024. 1. [1996](/source/Canada_1996_Census), [2001](/source/Canada_2001_Census), [2006](/source/Canada_2006_Census), [2011](/source/Canada_2011_Census), [2016](/source/Canada_2016_Census), [2021](/source/Canada_2021_Census) census ## External links - [Napierville official website](http://www.napierville.ca/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Napierville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.