Ville-Marie (Montreal)

Ville-Marie
city	Montreal
surface	16.5 km²
Residents	84,013 (2011)
native language	French : 50.3% ; English : 16.8% ; Other: 32.9%
Community number	REM19
Website	Arrondissement

Ville-Marie is one of the 19 arrondissements of the city of Montreal in the Canadian province of Québec . In 2011 the 16.5 km² district had 84,013 inhabitants. Ville-Marie is downtown Montreal.

geography

Ville-Marie is located in the east of the Île de Montréal , between Mont Royal and the Saint Lawrence River . It is the city center of Montreal with the most important institutions, facilities and buildings. The offshore islands of Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame also belong to the district . The district is named after the Fort Ville-Marie built in 1642 on the Pointe-à-Callière , the location of the first French settlement. The county boundaries essentially correspond to the city limits of Montreal in the late 19th century, before the first incorporations.

Neighboring arrondissements of the city of Montreal are Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the north, Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie in the north-west, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal , Outremont and Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the west and Le Sud -Ouest in the south. In addition, Ville-Marie borders the independent municipality of Westmount in the southwest .

Districts

Despite the great economic, institutional and tourist importance of the district, there are also several residential areas in Ville-Marie. Other quarters are mixed residential and business zones. The density of the resident population is one of the highest of any city center in North America. A special feature is the Montreal underground city , a 30-kilometer network of pedestrian tunnels that connects 35% of the residential and 80% of the office space, regardless of the weather.

View of the city center; most of the scenery is in Ville-Marie

Attractions

Many of Montreal's most famous attractions are in Ville-Marie. These include most of the skyscrapers such as 1000 de La Gauchetière , 1250 René-Lévesque , Tour de la Bourse , Place Ville-Marie , Édifice Sun Life or Maison de Radio-Canada .

Also in Ville-Marie are three of four universities - McGill University , Concordia University and UQAM , the Grande Bibliothèque , the City Hall , the Marché Bonsecours and three basilicas - Marie-Reine-du-Monde de Montréal , Notre-Dame de Montréal and Saint-Patrick de Montréal . Significant parks and recreational areas include the Parc du Mont-Royal , Parc Jean-Drapeau (location of the Expo 67 world exhibition ), Square Dorchester , Place du Canada and the Old Harbor .

population

According to the 2011 census, Ville-Marie had 84,013 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 5092 inhabitants / km². Of the respondents, 50.3% said they were French and 16.8% English as their mother tongue. Other important languages include Arabic (6.7%), Chinese (6.6%), Spanish (4.5%) and Persian (1.9%).

Web links

Commons : Ville-Marie - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Arrondissement of Ville-Marie (French)

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).

45.5086 -73.56275Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 31 ″ N , 73 ° 33 ′ 46 ″ 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).