Terrace Vaudreuil
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montérégie | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 23 ′ N , 73 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 17 m | ||
| Area : | 1.04 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1971 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 1,895.2 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 71075 | ||
| Postal code : | J7V | ||
| Area code : | +1 514 | ||
| Mayor : | Manon Trudel | ||
| Website : | www.terrasse-vaudreuil.ca | ||
 Location in the MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
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Terrasse-Vaudreuil is a municipality in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Montérégie administrative region , about 35 kilometers west of central Montreal . Terrasse-Vaudreuil belongs to the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) Vaudreuil-Soulanges , has an area of 1.04 km² and has 1,971 inhabitants (2011).
geography
The municipality of Terrasse-Vaudreuil is located on the north-western tip of the Île Perrot . This island in the Hochelaga archipelago is surrounded by two estuary arms of the Ottawa . Several small islands in the Lac des Deux Montagnes also belong to the municipality . Neighboring communities on the island are L'Île-Perrot in the east and Pincourt in the south. Across the western branch of the Ottawa River is the parish of Vaudreuil-Dorion .
history
Jean Talon , the first general manager of New France , transferred the island as seigneurie to the officer François-Marie Perrot , then governor of Montreal . In 1855 the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal-de-l'Isle-Perrot was founded, which encompassed the entire island. The north-western tip remained undeveloped for almost a century. In 1945 80 parcels were developed for the construction of houses, three years later there were already 250 parcels. In 1952 the municipality of Terrasse-Vaudreuil was founded. The name is on the one hand a reference to the terraced terrain, on the other hand to the location opposite the town of Vaudreuil-Dorion . The municipality has been a member of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal community association since 2000 .
population
According to the 2011 census, Terrasse-Vaudreuil had 1971 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1895 inhabitants / km². 67.2% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 22.4%. 2.0% said they were bilingual (French and English), 8.4% other languages and multiple answers. Only French spoke 23.7%. In 2001, 79.4% of the population were Roman Catholic , 10.1% Protestant and 7.4% non-denominational.
traffic
Autoroute 20 , the highway between Montreal and Toronto, runs along the southern municipal boundary . This reaches the neighboring municipality of Vaudreuil-Dorion via the Pont Taschereau . Two double-track railroad lines of the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway run parallel to the highway, each with a separate bridge over the Ottawa River. Terrasse-Vaudreuil shares a station with Pincourt on the suburban railway line of the Agence métropolitaine de transport , which runs from the Montreal train station Lucien-L'Allier to Vaudreuil-Dorion and Hudson . Several bus routes operated by the CIT La Presqu'Île company are responsible for fine-tuning the island .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Terrace-Vaudreuil. Commission du toponymie du Québec, 2013, accessed December 12, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Terrasse-Vaudreuil. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed December 12, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the municipality of Terrasse-Vaudreuil. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed December 12, 2013 (French).