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Joliette (20,500 inhabitants on 23 km²), named after its founder, was
incorporated in 1864 and became a “cité” in 1918. It merged with Joliette-Sud
(created in 1957) in 1966, and became a “ville” in 1981.
Olivier Touzeau,
14 July 2017
Barthélemy Joliette (1789-1850), notary in L'Assomption, married
Marie-Charlotte Tarieu Taillant de Lanaudière (1795-1871), the heiress of a part
of the domain of Lavaltrie. In 1823, he founded a settlement near river
L'Assomption, known to the natives as Outaragavesipi, "the sinuous river".
Joliette established sawmills and flour mills, and founded the building of a
manor (1823), a bridge (1824), a public market (1837), a parish church (1842), a
presbytery (1844), and a secondary school (1845). Then named Industrie, the
settlement was connected in 1850 to Lanoraie by the railway.
Ivan Sache,
14 July 2017
The current flag of Joliette is 1:2, white with the coat of arms at the hoist
and the words “VILLE DE JOLIETTE” in black in the fly.
See:
http://www.laction.com/communaute/2016/12/21/les-employes-de-joliette-mobilises-pour-centraide-lanaudiere.html
http://www.laction.com/content/dam/tc/laction/images/2016/12/21/ex-201216-joliette-et-centraide.JPG
Olivier Touzeau,
14 July 2017
The yellow field of the shield represents future.
The gear wheel
represents industry and commerce, which fostered the progress of the town of
Joliette.
The tree merlettes come from the arms of the de Lanaudière family.
The wheat spike symbolizes agriculture in general, while the two tobacco
leaves recall a crop specific to the region.
The green base represents the
plain.
The crown surmounting the shield represents the authority of the
Town's Council and safety granted to the citizens.
http://www.ville.joliette.qc.ca/index.jsp?p=8 - Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 14 July 2017
image
by Olivier Touzeau,
14 July 2017
Joliette is twinned with Brive-la-Gaillarde (France), and a variant flag of
Joliette can be sometimes spotted there, see:
http://brivemag.brive.fr/brive-joliette-30-ans-de-jumelage
http://brivemag.brive.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Joliette1-pano.jpg
The flag is 2:3, vertically divided with a blue hoist (2/5) with the coat of
arms and the words “VILLE DE JOLIETTE” in black in the white fly (3/5).
Olivier Touzeau,
14 July 2017
image
by Luc Baronian, 21 May 2005
This is a scan from Ian Campbell, The Identifying Symbols of Canadian
Municipal Institutions, Waterloo 1990. The city motto is
"Industrie", which is probably illustrated by the beehive and the
beaver. I doubt that the city still flies this flag as it is not a "cité"
anymore, but a "ville".
Luc Baronian, 21 May 2005