Baie-D'Urfé
Baie- d'Urfe is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located on the Île de Montréal west of Montreal. The city has an area of 6.03 km ² and has a population 3850 ( 2011).
Geography
Baie- d'Urfe lies in the west of the Île de Montréal in the region of West Iceland, on the north shore of Lac Saint- Louis. The municipality is bordered to the west by Sainte -Anne- de -Bellevue and east to Beaconsfield. She has retained a rural character, accentuated by the lack of sidewalks and a small number of commercial establishments. The city center of Montreal is approximately 28 kilometers away.
History
The Catholic priest François- Saturnin Lascaris d' Urfé from Sulpizianerorden founded in 1685 on a bay of Lac Saint -Louis, a small settlement, which was named a few years later after him. 1855 opened the Grand Trunk Railway, a railway line and the village received a railway station. The opening of the Macdonald Campus, the agricultural faculty of McGill University in neighboring Sainte -Anne -de- Bellevue, triggered a growth spurt. In 1910, the founding of the church took place. Like other municipalities in the western part of the island possesses Baie- d'Urfe has always been an above-average number of English residents. Since 1980, the community is home to the German International School.
On 1 January 2002 27 municipalities were merged on the island of Montreal. Especially in communities with a high proportion of English speakers was stirring resistance, since this measure was ordered by the provincial government of the separatist Parti Québécois. As of 2003, the Parti libéral du Québec, the government and promised to make the municipal mergers reversed. On 20 July 2004 referendums were held in 22 former municipalities. In Baie- d'Urfe to 92.9 % of eligible participants were in favor of the separation. The community was re-established on 1 January 2006, but was forced to cede to the Association of Municipalities numerous competencies.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted 3,850 residents Baie- d'Urfe, which corresponds to a population density of 638.5 inh. / Km ². 53.8 % of the population reported English as the main language, the proportion of French was 21.7 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 2.3%, was attributable to other languages and multiple response 22.2 % ( including 5.7% German, 2.0% Italian and 1.4% Spanish). Only 23.7% spoke English, only French 1.7%. In 2001, 51.8 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 29.8 % Protestant and 12.0 % no religious affiliation.
Traffic
Two highways intersect the city area at a distance of less than one kilometer, the Autoroute 20 between Montreal and Toronto, as well as the Autoroute 40 toward Ottawa. Baie- d'Urfe has a station on the main railway line Montreal - Toronto; it operate AMT commuter trains from Montreal station Lucien- Vaudreuil - Dorion L'Allier after. Several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal establish connections with neighboring communities.