Saint-Lazare, Quebec

Saint- Lazare (also called Saint- Lazare -de- Vaudreuil ) is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie administrative region, about 45 kilometers west of the center of Montreal and 22 km east of the border with the province of Ontario. Saint- Lazare is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Vaudreuil - Soulanges, has an area of ​​66.62 km ² and has 19,295 inhabitants ( 2011).

Geography

Saint- Lazare stands on the watershed between the Ottawa River to the north and the St. Lawrence River in the south. The former is about six miles away, the latter about ten kilometers. Mostly forested terrain is undulating and rises in a westerly direction up to a height of 123 meters on. Neighboring municipalities are in the North Hudson, Vaudreuil - Dorion in the east, Les Cedars in the south, Saint- Clet in the southwest and Sainte -Marthe in the northwest. In addition to the Vaudreuil - Dorion belonging exclave Hudson Acres is in the northwest.

History

The current urban area originally belonged to Seigneurie Vaudreuil. The first French-speaking colonists settled in 1812 in the area down to farm. After the end of British - American War was followed by many English-speaking veterans this example. For this reason Saint- Lazare is bilingual today. The foundation of the church took place in 1875, it is named after Saint Lazarus. Since 2000, the community is a member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, 2001, she received the city status.

Population

According to the 2011 census counted 19,295 inhabitants Saint- Lazare, which corresponds to a population density of 289.6 inh. / Km ². 53.3 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 36.5 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 2.3%, to other languages ​​and multiple responses accounted for 7.9%. Only 19.0% spoke French, English only 11.5%. In 2001, 72.7 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 14.4 % Protestant, and 8.3 % non-denominational.

Traffic

In the northern part of the metropolitan area Autoroute 40, the highway between Montreal and Ottawa runs. Various roads connecting Saint- Lazare with the surrounding communities. A bus company CIT La Presqu'Île connects Saint- Lazare Train Station Vaudreuil - Dorion; there is connection to the AMT commuter trains to Montreal. The railway Montreal - Toronto of the Canadian Pacific Railway runs close to the southern city limits, but since 1960 only serves the freight.