Bois-des-Filion
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Laurentides | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Thérèse-De Blainville | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 73 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 36 m | ||
| Area : | 4.28 km² | ||
| Residents : | 9485 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2,216.1 inh / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 73030 | ||
| Postal code : | J6Z | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Paul Larocque | ||
| Website : | www.ville.bois-des-filion.qc.ca | ||
 Located in the MRC Thérèse-De Blainville |
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Bois-des-Filion is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the administrative region of Montérégie , about 25 km northwest of Montreal . The administrative seat of the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Thérèse-De Blainville has an area of 4.28 km² and has 9,485 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Bois-des-Filion is located in the Rive-Nord region on the north bank of the Rivière des Mille Îles , an estuary of the Ottawa River . The urban area also includes two forested river islands, the Île Garth and the Île Lamothe. The terrain is slightly uphill towards the northwest. Neighboring communities are Terrebonne in the north and east, Laval in the south and Lorraine in the west.
history
At the end of the 17th century, today's urban area was on the border of two manors , Blainville in the west and Terrebonne in the east. As the first French settler, the carpenter Antoine Feuillon settled down in 1684, who received the right to use a maple forest. Feuillon could neither read nor write and therefore failed to notice that the authorities often misspelled his name. The name Filion soon caught on. A well- used path led through the forest of the Filion family (French: bois des Filion ), but it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that a notable settlement began to develop. In 1925 the bridge was built over the Rivière des Mille Îles, and in 1949 the municipality of Bois-des-Filion was founded. This received city status in 1980. Bois-des-Filion has been part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal association since 2000 .
population
According to the 2011 census, Bois-des-Filion had 9,485 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 2216.1 inh / km². 91.3% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 2.9%. 0.8% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 5.0%. Only French spoke 52.8%. In 2001, 94.1% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.6% Protestant and 3.3% non-denominational.
traffic
Route 335 connects Bois-des-Filion with the city of Laval , where it turns into Autoroute 19 . The river is bridged by the Pont Athanase-David. Autoroute 640 runs in a south-west-north-east direction ; this motorway connects Bois-des-Filion with the other municipalities on the north bank of the Rivière des Mille Îles.
Web links
- Official website of Bois-des-Filion (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bois-des-Filion. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed February 25, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Historique. City of Boisbriand, accessed February 25, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Bois-des-Filion. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed February 25, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Bois-des-Filion. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed February 25, 2014 (French).