Les Cèdres, Quebec
Les Cèdres | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | |
Les Cèdres Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°WCoordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | March 9, 1985 |
Government[2][3] | |
• Mayor | Raymond Larouche |
• Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area[2][4] | |
• Total | 88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi) |
• Land | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 6,079 |
• Density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 6.1% |
• Dwellings | 2,408 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J7T 1A1 |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 A-30 |
Route 338 Route 340 |
Website |
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Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 6,079. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
In 1959-1960 a famous Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Les Cèdres, Quebec community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | 2001 | |
Population: | 6,079 (+6.1% from 2006) | 5,732 (+11.8% from 2001) | 5,128 (+10.5% from 1996) |
Land area: | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) | 78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi) |
Population density: | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) | 73.6/km2 (191/sq mi) | 65.4/km2 (169/sq mi) |
Median age: | 38.8 (M: 38.6, F: 39.1) | 37.0 (M: 37.3, F: 36.8) | 35.3 (M: 35.4, F: 35.3) |
Total private dwellings: | 2,408 | 2,165 | 1,915 |
Median household income: | $76,394 | $65,228 | $58,091 |
References: 2011[4] 2006[5] 2001[6] |
Historical Census Data - Les Cèdres, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
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Census | Total | French |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
6,045 |
5,360 | 3.6% | 88.67% | 470 | 34.3% | 7.78% | 80 | 14.3% | 1.32% | 135 | 8.0% | 2.23% | |||||
2006 |
5,720 |
5,175 | 11.3% | 90.47% | 350 | 27.3% | 6.12% | 70 | 41.7% | 1.22% | 125 | 78.6% | 2.19% | |||||
2001 |
5,115 |
4,650 | 10.1% | 90.91% | 275 | 3.8% | 5.38% | 120 | 166.7% | 2.34% | 70 | 26.3% | 1.37% | |||||
1996 |
4,630 |
4,225 | n/a | 91.25% | 265 | n/a | 5.72% | 45 | n/a | 0.97% | 95 | n/a | 2.05% |
Infrastructure
Transportation
The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30, a Montreal Island bypass route, runs through this area to link up with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, a single-runway general aviation airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20 in the Les Cèdres area.
See also
Media related to Les Cèdres (Québec) at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ Reference number 148078 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec: Les Cèdres
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- 1 2 3 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Les Cèdres, Quebec
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
Saint-Lazare | Vaudreuil-Dorion | |||
Saint-Clet Coteau-du-Lac |
Pointe-des-Cascades | |||
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Saint Lawrence River Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
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