Delson, Quebec
Delson is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie administrative region, about 15 km south of the center of Montreal. Delson is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Roussillon, has an area of 7.76 km ² and has 7,462 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Delson is located in the region Rive- Sud on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River and is part of the community association Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal. In the municipality there is a section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. From south to north flows the Rivière de la Tortue, a strongly meandering stream, which flows into the stream. Neighboring municipalities are Candiac in the east, Saint-Constant in the West and Sainte -Catherine in the northwest.
History
The first French settlers settled in the second half of the 17th century on the banks of the Rivière de la Tortue down and operated in agriculture. The area first developed only slowly until the first decade of the 20th century three different railway companies ever built a track. In 1911 a brick, and then the settlement significantly compressed. 1912 a post office was opened at the station, which bore the name Delson - derived from the trains running here at Delaware and Hudson Railway. The name was transferred to the place which was founded in 1918 as a separate parish ( the parish was formerly part of Saint -Constant ) and 1957 received the city status.
Transport and the economy
Southeast of Delson cross two highways: the Autoroute 15 runs from Montreal to the border of the U.S. state of New York, while the Autoroute 30, the agglomeration of Montreal bypasses widely. An important main road link is the Route 132 toward Salaberry -de- Valleyfield. Delson has a train station near a suburban railway line in the Agence métropolitaine de transport, which leads to the Lucien- L'Allier Station in downtown Montreal. The bus operation CIT Roussillon operates several lines in the neighboring communities and to Montreal.
Delson is the site of an industrial park. In addition, part of the Railway Museum Musée canadien ferroviaire is on the municipality.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted 7,462 residents Delson, which corresponds to a population density of 961.6 inh. / Km ². 87.1 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 5.6 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.0%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 6.3%. Only 50.4 % spoke French. In 2001, 93.0 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 4.1% Protestant, and 2.5% non-denominational.