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This city is divided in three sectors, namely Lachenaie, La Plaine and Terrebonne. These sectors used to be distinct cities, but in 2001, they decided to merge to form an new city: Terrebonne.
The city of Lachenaie is the oldest one and was founded in 1670 by lord Charles Aubert de Lachenaye. Some native were already present on this territory at the time. The colonisation really started in 1647 when Lachenaie was merged with the Repentigny Seigniory.
The city of La Plaine was founded in 1830 on fragment of other cities, namely Mascouche, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Saint-Lin and Terrebonne. At that time, the lords of Terrebonne and Lachenaie were building the chemin de la Grande Ligne to join the two cities. This road is now called boulevard Laurier. In 1877, the rail system was developped and stimulated the economic growth. The Saint-Joachim village was founded, wich became La Plaine in 1920.
The first Terrebonne lord was André Daulier-Deslandes who got his title in 1673. After the construction of the first wooden brigde in 1834, two main areas immerged. The commercial area was Terrebonne and the agricultural was Saint-Louis de Terrebonne. In 1985, the two cities merged.
At the time of the merge in 2001, Lachenaie city had more than 20,000 citizens, La Plaine neirly 17,000 citizens and Terrebonne almost 46,000 citizens. This merge made Terrebonne the 10th biggest city in Quebec, with around 100,000 citizens on a 156 km7sup2; territory.
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