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Joliettezhôlyĕt', city (1991 pop. 17,396), S Que., Canada, on L'Assomption River, NE of Montreal. Its industries include steel, paper, textile, and ceramic manufacturing, tobacco processing, and limestone quarrying. The Séminaire de Joliette, affiliated with the Univ. of Montreal, is there.
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Joliette (redirected from Joliette) is a city in southwest Quebec,Canada. It is located approximately 50 km northeast of Montréal, on the Rivière l'Assomption and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.
Joliette has 3 francophone high schools and 1 anglophone high school as well as a francophone CEGEP.
It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863.
The city's economy consists mainly of the manufacturing and service sectors. The...more »
