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The municipality of Bécancour (13,301 inhabitants in 2016;44,100 ha) is
located on the southern bank of river Saint-Laurent, facing Trois-Rivières. The
municipality was established on 17 October 1965 as the merger of the former
villages of Bécancour, Gentilly, Larochelle, and Laval, and of the former
parishes of Bécancourt, Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval, Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly,
Sainte-Gertrude, Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand, and Très-Précieux-Sang-de-Notre-Seigneur.
The municipality is known for its business park (7,000 ha), mostly dedicated to
heavy industries, and associated port of commerce, managed by the State-owned
company SPIPB (Société du Parc industriel et portuaire de Bécancour) Gentilly
was the site of the only nuclear power plant in Quebec, Gentilly-2, operated
from 1983 to 2012 by the State-owned company Hydro-Québec.
Bécancour,
established in 1647 is named for its first lord, Pierre Robineau de Bécancour,
Grand Voyer of Nouvelle-France. The village was settled by Acadians and Abenakis,
a native tribe expelled from Maine. Bécancour is the death place of the explorer
and fur trader Nicolas Perrot (c. 1,644-1717;
http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio.php?BioId=35152 - Complete biography), author
of "Mémoire sur les mœurs, coustumes et rellgion des sauvages de l’Amérique
septentrionale".
Bécancour is the birth place of the naturalist Léon
Provancher (1820-1892;
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=6378 - Complete biography), who
founded in 1868 "Le Naturaliste canadien", the oldest French-language scientific
journal in Canada, and published "Petite faune entomologique du Canada", a
description of every species of Canadian insect known at the time.
https://www.becancour.net/ - Municipal
website
Ivan Sache, 26 March 2017
The flag of Bécancour is white with the municipal arms and the writing "VILLE
DE . BÉCANCOUR", in green letters, and, in base, a green stripe surmounted by
two white and green wavy stripes.
Photos
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/573609/derniers-jours-campagne-becancour
http://www.lechodetroisrivieres.ca/actualites/politique/181917/jean-guy-dubois-assermente
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/vie-regionale/centre-du-quebec/201408/06/01-4789602-becancour-revendique-5-du-gateau.php
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/vie-regionale/centre-du-quebec/201204/05/01-4512647-maurice-richard-pourrait-quitter-la-mairie-de-becancour.php
The arms of Bécancour were adopted in 1967. Green represents
agriculture, recalling that 75% of the municipal territory is dedicated to
agriculture. The wheel represents the industrialization of the town, the upper,
half-wheel can also symbolize a rising sun over a new horizon. The waves
represent river Saint-Laurent.
https://www.becancour.net/vie-municipale/profil-general/armoiries/ -
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 26 March 2017