Sainte-Catherine (Quebec)
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montérégie | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Roussillon | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 24 ′ N , 73 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 15 m | ||
| Area : | 10.19 km² | ||
| Residents : | 16,762 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 1,644.9 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 67030 | ||
| Postal code : | J5C | ||
| Area code : | +1 450 | ||
| Mayor : | Jocelyne Bates | ||
| Website : | www.ville.sainte-catherine.qc.ca | ||
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Sainte-Catherine is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec . It is located in the administrative region of Montérégie , about 15 km south of central Montreal . Sainte-Catherine belongs to the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Roussillon , has an area of 10.19 km² and has 16,762 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Sainte-Catherine is located in the Rive-Sud region on the southern bank of the Saint Lawrence River (near the Lachine rapids ) and is part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal . A section of the Sankt-Lorenz-Seeweg is located in the municipality . Neighboring municipalities are Delson in the East, Saint-Constant in the south and Kahnawake (a reserve of Mohawk ) in the West.
history
In 1676 the Jesuits built a mission station to convert the natives. For more than two and a half centuries, the area remained relatively sparsely populated. This changed in 1934 with the opening of the Pont Honoré-Mercier , which connects the neighboring Kahnawake with the Île de Montréal . In 1937 the municipality of Sainte-Catherine-d'Alexandrie-de-Laprairie was founded, by ceding areas of the municipality of Saint-Constant. The municipality received city status in 1973, when the name was shortened to Sainte-Catherine. This is derived from Kateri Tekakwitha , a canonized Iroquois . Sainte-Catherine experienced another significant development boost with the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s. A lock was built north of the village to bypass the Lachine rapids, the Écluse de Sainte-Catherine .
traffic
Autoroute 30 runs south of Sainte-Catherine and bypasses the Montreal agglomeration. Another freeway, Autoroute 15 between Montreal and the border with the US state of New York , is a few kilometers to the east. Route 132 leads through the village towards Salaberry-de-Valleyfield . Sainte-Catherine owns a station on a suburban railway line of the Agence métropolitaine de transport , which leads to the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal. The bus company CIT Roussillon operates several lines to the neighboring communities and to Montreal.
population
According to the 2011 census, Sainte-Catherine had 16,762 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1645 inh. / Km². 89.7% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 4.0%. 0.8% said they were bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 5.5%. Only French spoke 53.1%. In 2001, 93.5% of the population were Roman Catholic , 2.7% Protestant and 3.1% non-denominational.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sainte-Catherine. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed December 9, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of Sainte-Catherine. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed December 10, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of Sainte-Catherine. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed December 10, 2013 (French).