Otterburn Park
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montérégie | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | La Vallée-du-Richelieu | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 33 ′ N , 73 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 20 m | ||
| Area : | 5.35 km² | ||
| Residents : | 8450 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 1,579.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 57030 | ||
| Postal code : | J3H | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Danielle Lavoie | ||
| Website : | www.ville.otterburnpark.qc.ca | ||
 Located in the MRC La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
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Otterburn Park is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec . It is located in the administrative region of Montérégie , about 30 kilometers east of Montreal . Otterburn Park belongs to the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) La Vallée-du-Richelieu , has an area of 5.35 km² and has 8,450 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Otterburn Park is in the Rive-Sud region , on the right bank of the Rivière Richelieu . This tributary of the St. Lawrence River also forms the western city limits. The terrain is largely flat due to its location in the St. Lawrence Lowland. The 414 meter high Mont Saint-Hilaire rises a short distance from the northeastern city limits . It belongs to the Montérégie hills and forms a landmark that can be seen from afar. Otterburn Park has grown together with Belœil , McMasterville and Mont-Saint-Hilaire to form an agglomeration with over fifty thousand inhabitants.
Neighboring municipalities are Belœil in the north, Mont-Saint-Hilaire in the east, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu in the south, Saint-Basile-le-Grand in the west and McMasterville in the north-west.
history
The present urban area was originally part of the municipality of Mont Saint-Hilaire . In 1848 the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (later the Grand Trunk Railway ) took the railway line from Montreal to Saint-Hyacinthe into operation. In 1885 the Campbell brothers opened a landscape park . They named it after the town of Otterburn in the English county of Northumberland , home of Grand Trunk General Manager Joseph Hickson. Otterburn Park has become a popular destination for Montreal residents due to its proximity to the railway line. In 1912, investors began building a housing estate around the park. It was initially only used on weekends and in the summer months, but the proportion of year-round residents increased steadily. In 1953 the population was high enough to declare Otterburn Park a separate community. In 1969 the community received city status. Initially, Otterburn Park was almost entirely English-speaking, but is now mostly French-speaking.
population
According to the 2011 census, Otterburn Park had 8,450 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1579.4 inh / km². 90.3% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 6.7%. 0.8% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 2.2%. Only French spoke 46.7%. In 2001, 85.8% of the population were Roman Catholic , 6.0% Protestant and 7.2% non-denominational.
traffic
Route 133 , a national main road between Sorel-Tracy and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, runs along the river bank . In neighboring Mont-Saint-Hilaire, it intersects with Route 116 between Montreal and Lévis . The city is served by two bus routes operated by the CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu company.
Web links
- Official website of Otterburn Park (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Otterburn Park. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 19, 2014 (French).
- ^ 150 ans d'histoire à Otterburn Park. (No longer available online.) City of Otterburn Park, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 19, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Population profile of the Otterburn Park parish. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 19, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the Otterburn Park parish. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 19, 2014 (French).
