Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles
city	Montreal
surface	42.3 km²
Residents	106,437 (2011)
native language	French : 64.5% ; English : 6.5% ; Other: 29.0%
Community number	REM33
Website	Arrondissement

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles is one of 19 arrondissements of the city of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec . In 2011 the 42.3 km² district had 106,437 inhabitants.

geography

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles is located on the northern tip of the Île de Montréal , between the Rivière des Prairies in the west and the Saint Lawrence River in the east. The two main settlements of the district, Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles , have not grown together, but are clearly separated from each other by fields, isolated forests and other open spaces. Neighboring arrondissements of the city of Montreal are Montréal-Nord in the southwest and Anjou in the south. In the southeast, the district borders on the independent municipality of Montréal-Est .

history

Both Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles were independent communities from 1845. In 1963 and 1982, respectively, they merged with Montreal. Over the next two decades, the arrondissement formed an exclave , with four other parishes in between. After further mergers, from 2002 Montréal-Est also belonged to the arrondissement. However, this place made itself independent again in 2006 after a referendum against the merger ordered by the provincial government.

population

Pointe-aux-Trembles windmill

According to the 2011 census, Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles had 106,437 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 2516 inhabitants / km². Of the respondents, 64.5% said they were French and 6.5% English as their mother tongue. Other important languages include Italian (14.7%), Haitian (5.1%) and Spanish (3.5%).

Attractions

Personalities

Julien Gauthier (* 1997), ice hockey player
Yannick Tremblay (* 1975), ice hockey player

Web links

Commons : Pointe-aux-Trembles - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Annuaire statistique de l'agglomération de Montréal, recensement de 2011. (PDF, 728 kB) City Council of Montreal, Statistics Canada, 2011, accessed on February 25, 2014 (French, Statistical Yearbook of the Agglomeration of Montreal 2011).

45.6589 -73.5207Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′ 32 " N , 73 ° 31 ′ 15" W.

[1] Annuaire statistique de l'agglomération de Montréal, recensement de 2011. (PDF, 728 kB) City Council of Montreal, Statistics Canada, 2011, accessed on February 25, 2014 (French, Statistical Yearbook of the Agglomeration of Montreal 2011).