Granby, Quebec

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City of Granby, Quebec, Canada
List of cities in Canada

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Motto:

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Pour y parvenir

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Area:

76.613 km²

Population:

City Population (2001)
Metropolitan Population

44,221
ca. 75,000

Population density:

575.9/km²

Time zone:

Eastern: UTC -5

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Latitude:
Longitude:

45º 24' N
72º 44' W

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Elevation:

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Mayor:

Guy Racine

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Governing body:

Granby City Council

City of Granby site

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For the township see Granby, Quebec (township)

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal on Lac Boivin. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The city is named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby and is the hometown of "Canadian Jos. St-Onge", a well known prize fighter in the 20's and 30's.

The city was settled at the end of the 18th century by three brothers whose name the city commemorated for a while as Frost Village. It became an incorporated municipality in 1816 and a city in 1971.

Granby is a regional center for industries (textile, lumber, tobacco, dairy products) and comercial zone, but is also a touristic city, due to the presence of the important Granby Zoo. It is the fourth most populated city in Estrie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe. It hosts a Fête des Mascottes ("Mascot Festival") each year in july.

Granby's twin cities are