Dollard-Des Ormeaux
Dollard -Des Ormeaux 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 15.10 km ² and has 49,637 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Dollard -Des Ormeaux is located in the west of the Île de Montréal, in the region of West Iceland. The municipality is bordered to the north by the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds - Roxboro, on the southwest by Kirkland, to the south and southeast of Beaconsfield Dorval. The downtown Montreal is around 18 kilometers away.
History
The present municipality was originally founded in 1741 for the town of Sainte -Geneviève, which was reduced several times over the decades. The foundation of the church Dollard -Des Ormeaux was in 1924. It is named after the French soldiers Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, west of the city of Montreal in an attack came on advancing Iroquois in 1660 lost their lives. Like other municipalities in the western part of the island possesses Dollard has always been an above-average number of English residents. In 1960, the church was elevated to a city. To mark the centenary of the Canadian Confederation in 1967 a 48 -acre landscaped park, Centennial Park / Parc du Centenaire was born.
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 Dollard -Des Ormeaux 85.2 % of eligible participants were in favor of the separation, the necessary quorum of 35 % of the electorate, however, was only slightly exceeded. 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 Dollard -Des Ormeaux 49,637 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 3287.2 inh. / Km ². 41.3 % of the population reported English as the main language, the proportion of French was 16.1 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.6%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 41.0 %. Among the most important non-official main languages were Arabic ( 6.0%), Italian ( 3.0%), Greek ( 2.7%), Chinese ( 2.1%), Spanish ( 2.4%) and Punjabi (2, 2%). Only 25.5% spoke English, only French 5.0%. In 2001, 39.3% of the population were Roman Catholic, 21.1% Jewish, 12.7 % Protestant, 7.9 % Orthodox, 5.5% Muslim, and 5.9% non-denominational.
Traffic
Just outside the southern city border is the Autoroute 40, the highway between Montreal and Ottawa. Important cross connections are the Boulevard Saint -Jean and the Boulevard des Sources between Kirkland and Pierrefonds - Roxboro. The SunnyBrooke station is located on the AMT suburban line from Montreal Central Station to Deux- Montagnes to the northeastern city limits. Several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal establish connections with neighboring communities.