Baie-D'Urfé
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.jpg) Baie-D'Urfé Town Hall |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montreal | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 25 ′ N , 73 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 30 m | ||
| Area : | 6.03 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3850 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 638.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 66112 | ||
| Postal code : | H9X | ||
| Area code : | +1 514 | ||
| Mayor : | Maria Tutino | ||
| Website : | www.baie-durfe.qc.ca | ||
 Location of Baie-D'Urfé in the Montreal agglomeration |
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Baie-D'Urfé is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec . It is located on the Île de Montréal west of Montreal . The city has an area of 6.03 km² and has 3850 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Baie-D'Urfé is located in the west of the Île de Montréal in the West Iceland region , on the north bank of Lac Saint-Louis . The parish is bordered by Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to the west and Beaconsfield to the east . It has retained a distinctly rural character, accentuated by the lack of sidewalks and a small number of commercial establishments. Montreal city center is around 28 kilometers away.
history
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The Catholic priest François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé of the Sulpizian order founded a small settlement in a bay of Lac Saint-Louis in 1685, which was named after him a few years later. In 1855 the Grand Trunk Railway opened a railway line and the village received a train station. The opening of the Macdonald Campus, the agricultural faculty of McGill University in neighboring Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, triggered a surge in growth. In 1910 the community was founded. Like other communities in the west of the island, Baie-D'Urfé has always had an above-average proportion of English-speaking residents. The community has been the location of the German International School since 1980 .
On January 1, 2002, 27 parishes on the island were merged with Montreal. Resistance arose especially in communities with a high proportion of English speakers, as this measure had been ordered by the provincial government of the separatist Parti Québécois . From 2003, the Parti libéral du Québec provided the government and promised to reverse the merger of the municipalities. On July 20, 2004, referendums were held in 22 former municipalities. In Baie-D'Urfé, 92.9% of voters spoke out in favor of the separation. The community was re-established on January 1, 2006, but had to cede numerous competencies to the community association.
population
According to the 2011 census, Baie-D'Urfé had 3,850 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 638.5 inh / km². 53.8% of the population stated English as their main language, while French accounted for 21.7%. 2.3% described themselves as bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 22.2% (including 5.7% German , 2.0% Italian and 1.4% Spanish ). Only English spoke 23.7%, only French 1.7%. In 2001, 51.8% of the population were Roman Catholics , 29.8% Protestant and 12.0% non-denominational.
traffic
Two highways cut through the urban area at a distance of less than a kilometer, Autoroute 20 between Montreal and Toronto and Autoroute 40 towards Ottawa . Baie-D'Urfé has a train station on the main Montreal – Toronto railway line; AMT local trains run from the Montreal train station Lucien-L'Allier to Vaudreuil-Dorion . Several bus lines from the Société de transport de Montréal provide connections with neighboring communities.
Web links
- Official website of Baie-D'Urfé (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baie-D'Urfé. Commission de toponymie Québec, accessed August 17, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Référendums du 20 juin 2004. Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed on August 17, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Baie-D'Urfé. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Baie-D'Urfé. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).