Montréal-Ouest
| Montréal-Ouest | |||
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 Montréal-Ouest City Hall |
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| Location in Quebec | |||
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montreal | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 27 ′ N , 73 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 41 m | ||
| Area : | 1.41 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5085 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 3,606.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 66047 | ||
| Postal code : | H4X, H4B | ||
| Area code : | +1 514 | ||
| Mayor : | Beny Masella | ||
| Website : | www.montreal-ouest.ca | ||
 Location of Montréal-Ouest in the Montreal agglomeration |
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Montréal-Ouest (English Montreal West ) 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 1.41 km² and has 5,085 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Montréal-Ouest is located in the central part of the Île de Montréal. The municipality is almost completely surrounded by the city of Montreal, namely by the boroughs of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the north, Le Sud-Ouest in the east and Lachine in the south. In the west there is a short border with the municipality of Côte-Saint-Luc . Downtown Montreal is around eight kilometers away.
history
The area was first settled by a peasant in 1653, and fortifications existed here during the British-American War of 1812. In 1855 the Grand Trunk Railway opened a railway line, the Canadian Pacific Railway followed in 1886 with its own route. The community was founded in 1905, at that time it had 350 inhabitants. From the beginning it had an English-speaking majority of the population. A school had been founded three years earlier, which over time developed into the Royal West Academy .
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 Montréal-Ouest, 82.6% 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, Montréal-Ouest had 5,085 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 3606.4 inh / km². 60.7% of the population stated English as their main language, while French accounted for 15.7%. 2.6% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 21.0%. The most important non-official main languages were Italian (5.3%) as well as Polish and Russian (both 1.4%). Only English spoke 20.4%, only French 2.3%. In 2001, 42.1% of the population were Roman Catholic , 26.2% Protestant , 13.8% Jewish, and 13.0% without a denomination.
traffic
The main arteries are the avenue Westminster and the Chemin de Côte-Saint-Luc. Montréal-Ouest has a station where AMT local trains stop from Montreal Central Station to Candiac , Saint-Jérôme and Vaudreuil-Dorion . The city is served by several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal .
Web links
- Official website of Montréal-Ouest (French, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Référendums du 20 juin 2004. Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed on August 17, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Montréal-Ouest. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Montréal-Ouest. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 5, 2014 (French).