Blainville (Quebec)
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Laurentides | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Thérèse-De Blainville | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 73 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 60 m | ||
| Area : | 55.1 km² | ||
| Residents : | 53,510 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 971.1 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 73015 | ||
| Postal code : | J7C | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Richard Perreault | ||
| Website : | www.ville.blainville.qc.ca | ||
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Blainville is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec . It is located in the Laurentides administrative region , about 35 km northwest of Montreal . Blainville belongs to the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Thérèse-De Blainville , has an area of 55.1 km² and has 53,510 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Blainville lies on the edge of the Saint Lawrence Lowlands in the Rive-Nord region , near the southernmost foothills of the Laurentine Mountains . The terrain is mostly flat and wooded, it is drained in a south-easterly direction towards the Rivière des Mille Îles . Neighboring communities are Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the north, Terrebonne and Lorraine in the east, Rosemère and Sainte-Thérèse in the south and Mirabel in the west.
history
Louis de Buade de Frontenac , Governor of New France , transferred the Seigneurie Mille Îles to Michel-Sidrac Dugué, sieur de Boisbriand in 1683 . In 1718 the seigneurie was divided in half. The eastern part came into the possession of Suzanne Piot de Langloiserie, the widow of Dugué's son-in-law. In 1743 the Seigneurie was renamed Blainville in honor of Louis-Jean-Baptiste Céleron de Blainville, Langloiserie's second husband. The previously uninhabited area was settled from around 1750. In 1845 the community of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville was founded. This received city status in 1968 and the new name Blainville. The city has been a member of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal association since 2000.
population
According to the 2011 census, Blainville had 53,510 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 971.4 inh / km². 89.5% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 3.2%. 0.9% said they were bilingual (French and English), 6.4% accounted for other languages and multiple answers. Only French spoke 49.0%. In 2001, 93.0% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.7% Protestant, and 4.1% of no religious denomination.
traffic
Autoroute 15 , the highway from Montreal to the Laurentine Mountains, runs along the southwestern outskirts of the city . The city's main street, Boulevard Curé-Labelle, is part of Route 117 from Montreal to Rouyn-Noranda . AMT local trains to Montreal and Saint-Jérôme stop at Blainville Station . Several CIT Laurentides bus routes connect Blainville with the surrounding communities.
Personalities
- Pierre Dagenais (born 1978), ice hockey player
Web links
- Blainville Official Website (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Blainville and its region. Horseshoe Canada, accessed January 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Blainville. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 28, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Blainville Parish Population Profile. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 28, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Blainville Parish Population Profile. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 28, 2014 (French).