Deux-Montagnes

Deux-Montagnes
	; Town hall of Deux-Montagnes
Location in Quebec
	Deux-Montagnes
	Deux-Montagnes
State :	Canada
Province :	Quebec
Administrative region :	Laurentides
MRC or equivalent :	Deux-Montagnes
Coordinates :	45 ° 32 ′ N , 73 ° 54 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′ N , 73 ° 54 ′ W
Height :	22 m
Area :	6.16 km²
Residents :	17,552 (as of 2011)
Population density :	2,849.4 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 )
Municipality number:	72010
Postal code :	J7R
Area code :	+1 450
Mayor :	Denis Martin
Website :	www.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca
	; Located in the MRC Deux-Montagnes

Deux-Montagnes is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Laurentides administrative region , around 30 km west of Montreal . Deux-Montagnes is the administrative seat of the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Deux-Montagnes , has an area of 6.16 km² and has 17,552 inhabitants (2011).

geography

Deux-Montagnes is located on the north bank of Lac des Deux Montagnes , more precisely at its outflow into the Rivière des Mille Îles , one of the estuary of the Ottawa River . On the opposite side of the river is the Île Jésus , on the other side of the lake the Île Bizard - both islands in the Hochelaga archipelago . Neighboring communities are Saint-Eustache in the north, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the west, the Montreal district of L'Île-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève in the south (on the Île Bizard) and Laval in the east (on the Île Jésus) .

history

The current urban area was originally part of Saint-Eustache and initially largely uninhabited. In 1837 the first house was built on a plot of land on the lake shore, but lively residential construction did not begin until 1910. The post office, opened two years later, was called Jonction-Bel-Air. In 1921, when the new settlement had just under 300 inhabitants, the municipality of Saint-Eustache-sur-le-Lac was founded by transferring territory from Saint-Eustache. In 1958 the municipality was given city status, in 1963 it was renamed Deux Montagnes - the two eponymous hills (French: "deux montagnes") are located a few kilometers further west near Oka .

population

According to the 2011 census, Deux-Montagnes had 17,552 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 2849.4 inh / km². 76.2% of the population stated French as their main language, while English accounted for 15.7%. 1.4% said they were bilingual (French and English), 6.7% accounted for other languages and multiple answers. Only French spoke 37.3%. In 2001, 83.0% of the population were Roman Catholic , 9.5% Protestant, and 4.7% of no religion.

traffic

The main road Route 344 runs parallel to the lake and river banks. Autoroute 640 runs on the western edge of the city ; this motorway, which begins in neighboring Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and bypasses the Montreal / Laval conurbation in the north, ends at Repentigny . There are two train stations in the city, Grand-Moulin and Deux-Montagnes. The latter is the hub of local public transport and the western terminus of a suburban railway line of the Agence métropolitaine de transport to Montreal. From the Deux-Montagnes train station, several bus routes operated by the CIT Laurentides company connect the city and neighboring communities. There are two bridges on the Île Jésus, but these are only used for rail traffic, pedestrians and cyclists.