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Granby is a city with an area of 76.613 km² and a population of 44 221 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory Granby 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. 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.