Cote-Saint-Luc
| Cote-Saint-Luc | |||
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 Côte-Saint-Luc town hall |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montreal | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 28 ′ N , 73 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 41 m | ||
| Area : | 6.95 km² | ||
| Residents : | 32,321 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 4,650.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 66058 | ||
| Postal code : | H4V, H4W | ||
| Area code : | +1 514 | ||
| Mayor : | Anthony Housefather | ||
| Website : | www.cotesaintluc.org | ||
 Location of Côte-Saint-Luc in the Montreal agglomeration |
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Côte-Saint-Luc is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located on the Île de Montréal and forms an enclave within Montreal . The city has an area of 6.95 km² and has 32,321 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Côte-Saint-Luc is located in the central part of the Île de Montréal. The community is largely enclosed by the area of the city of Montreal, namely by the boroughs of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the east, Lachine in the south and Saint-Laurent in the west. It also borders on other municipalities: in the north on Mont-Royal , in the north-east on Hampstead and in the south-east on Montréal-Ouest . Downtown Montreal is around eight kilometers away.
history
The name of the community is derived on the one hand from its location on a hill (French: côte ), on the other hand from Luc de La Corne Saint-Luc, a French officer. At the beginning of the 18th century the wooded hill was cleared and then used for agriculture for two centuries. A settlement was built before 1900 and the municipality was founded in 1903. Like other municipalities in the west of the island, Côte-Saint-Luc had an above-average proportion of English-speaking residents from the start. 1958 Côte-Saint-Luc was raised to the city. The construction of numerous high-rise buildings in the 1960s resulted in rapid population growth. Mainly Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settled there, so that today more than two thirds of the population are of Jewish faith.
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 Côte-Saint-Luc, 87.0% 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, Côte-Saint-Luc had 32,321 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 4650.5 inh / km². 42.0% of the population stated English as their main language, while French accounted for 17.5%. 1.3% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 39.2%. The most important non-official main languages included Russian (7.5%), Hebrew (3.1%), Yiddish (3.1%), Romanian (3.0%), Spanish (2.3%), Italian (2, 2%) and Persian (2.1%). Only English spoke 28.1%, only French 6.9%. In 2001, 69.1% of the population were Jewish , 12.2% Roman Catholic , 4.8% Muslim , 4.5% Protestant , 2.9% Orthodox and 5.2% non-denominational.
traffic
The city is served by several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal . Along the western city boundary extends a marshalling yard of the Canadian Pacific Railway .
Web links
- Official website of Côte-Saint-Luc (French, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Côte-Saint-Luc. 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 Côte-Saint-Luc. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 7, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Côte-Saint-Luc. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 7, 2014 (French).