Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, a Canadian province. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 3,191. It is located within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in a valley between Mont Saint-Hilaire and Mont Rougemont.

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Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°31′N 73°07′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Marilyn Nadeau
• Federal riding	Beloeil—Chambly
• Prov. riding	Borduas
Area [2][4]
• Total	73.00 km2 (28.19 sq mi)
• Land	72.03 km2 (27.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	3,191
• Density	44.3/km2 (115/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.1%
• Dwellings	1,361
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0L 2B0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-227
Website	www.msjb.qc.ca

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On November 4, 1998 it moved from Rouville Regional County Municipality to La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.

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The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.^[6]

• Community center located opposite the church, on Principale Street
• church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the mass grave
• View of Mont Saint-Hilaire and crop fields from Route 229 (north of the village of Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
• View of the front facade of the town hall, located next to the church
• Information panel installed in front of the town hall
• View of rue Principale (near the corner of chemin de Rouville), on the south side of the village
• view of Mont Saint-Hilaire (in the background) and the steeple of the church of the village of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

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