Beaconsfield (Quebec)
| Beaconsfield | |||
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 Village Beaurepaire in Beaconsfield |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montreal | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 26 ′ N , 73 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 29 m | ||
| Area : | 11.01 km² | ||
| Residents : | 19,505 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 1,771.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 66107 | ||
| Postal code : | H9W | ||
| Area code : | +1 514 | ||
| Mayor : | George Bourelle | ||
| Website : | www.beaconsfield.ca | ||
 Location of Beaconsfield in the Montreal agglomeration |
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Beaconsfield 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 11.01 km² and has 19,505 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Beaconsfield is located in the west of the Île de Montréal in the West Iceland region , on the north bank of Lac Saint-Louis . The municipality borders on Baie-D'Urfé to the west, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to the northwest , Kirkland to the north and Pointe-Claire to the east . Montreal city center is around 22 kilometers away.
history
The first settlement in the municipality was established in 1698. In 1910 the municipality was founded. It is named after Benjamin Disraeli , 1st Earl of Beaconsfield and Prime Minister of Great Britain . Like other parishes in the west of the island, Beaconsfield has always had an above-average proportion of English-speaking residents.
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 Beaconsfield, 80.4% of voters were 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, Beaconsfield had 19,505 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1771.6 inh / km². 54.1% of the population stated English as their main language, while French accounted for 24.1%. 2.4% described themselves as bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 19.4% (including 2.5% Italian and 1.7% each Spanish- German ). Only English spoke 20.8%, only French 2.2%. In 2001, 52.4% of the population were Roman Catholic , 26.7% Protestant and 11.3% non-denominational.
traffic
Two highways cut through the urban area at a distance of just over a kilometer, the Autoroute 20 between Montreal and Toronto and the Autoroute 40 towards Ottawa . The Boulevard Saint-Charles to Sainte-Geneviève is an important link . The city has two train stations on the main Montreal – Toronto railway line (Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire); 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
- Beaconsfield Official Website (English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beaconsfield. 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).
- ↑ Beaconsfield Parish Population Profile. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Beaconsfield Parish Population Profile. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).