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| Place | Contrecœur |
| Type | Town |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Contrecœur; Marguerite-D'Youville |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.857261 |
| Longitude | -73.239074 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EQKRO |
Contrecœur is a town in Contrecœur; Marguerite-D'Youville, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Contrecœur is located at 45.8573°N, 73.2391°W.
Contrecœur sits anchored along the wide, moving silver of the St. Lawrence, where the horizon broadens to accommodate the sky’s heavy, shifting moods. It lies 22.9 km south-south-west of Sorel-Tracy, QC (from Sorel-Tracy, QC: bearing 205°T), and is situated 15.8 km east-north-east of L'Assomption. The air here tastes of damp earth and deep water, particularly near the Coteau de Salvail, where the land rises with a quiet, stubborn insistence against the river’s edge. The Rivière Saint-Jean carves its own narrow passage through the terrain, a steady thread that mirrors the stillness of the fields during the long, bruised light of a late autumn afternoon. Even when the wind pulls hard from the water, the ground remains firm, possessing a cool, clay-heavy texture that anchors the roots of the valley. The history of Contrecœur lingers in the way the local economy balances between the hum of modern industry and the persistent memory of the soil. Generations have worked these reaches, finding utility in the proximity to the shipping lanes that define the lifeblood of the province. While the Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville sits thirty-three kilometers away, the local character is defined less by distant retreats and more by the pragmatic, daily labor of the docks and the quiet persistence of those who cultivate the surrounding acreage. There is a particular clarity in the voices of the people here, a resonant honesty that seems to rise from the very proximity of the river, marking the passage of days not by clocks, but by the turning tide and the slow, deliberate rotation of the seasons.
Contrecœur s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose son souffle large et son immensité changeante aux terres basses de Marguerite-D'Youville. La lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les eaux, révélant la présence discrète de la Rivière Saint-Jean qui serpente non loin du Coteau de Salvail, dessinant les contours d'un paysage façonné par une longue mémoire agricole. Le regard porte loin, vers l'horizon où le Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville se devine dans un lointain bleuté, marquant la limite d'un espace où l'industrie portuaire et sidérurgique dialogue désormais avec les héritages anciens. Contrecœur conserve dans sa trame urbaine une rigueur héritée des premiers défricheurs, une manière de se tenir droite face aux vents qui remontent le courant. Les façades, marquées par une simplicité robuste, racontent une existence tournée vers les grands espaces fluviaux, tandis que la terre, fertile, rappelle les racines profondes des familles établies sur ces berges depuis des siècles. Ici, le rythme quotidien s'accorde au flux incessant du passage des navires, imposant une cadence silencieuse et continue qui définit l'identité propre de Contrecœur, loin des agitations, dans le calme d'un territoire qui sait encore écouter le murmure du Saint-Laurent.
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Explore Contrecœur, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.857261, -73.239074. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Contrecœur includes the postal code (J5T), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Contrecœur is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |