L'ÃŽle-Perrot, Quebec
L' Ile- Perrot is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie administrative region, about 35 kilometers west of the center of Montreal. L' Ile- Perrot is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Vaudreuil - Soulanges, has an area of 5.56 km ² and has 10,503 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
The municipality of L'Île- Perrot is located in the northern part of the Ile Perrot. This island in the Hochelaga Archipelago is circled by two arms of the mouth of the Ottawa River. The municipality also includes several offshore islands in Lac des Deux Montagnes, of which the Île Claude and the Ile Bellevue are also populated. On the opposite bank of the eastern Mündungsarms the Île de Montréal is located. Neighboring communities on the island are Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot in the east, Pincourt in the southwest and Terrace Vaudreuil in the West. Beyond the eastern Mündungsarms of the Ottawa River, the village of Sainte -Anne -de- Bellevue.
History
Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, the island transferred in 1672 as Seigneurie to the officer François -Marie Perrot, the then Governor of Montreal. Because as a regimental commander Perrot had no time for his activities, to take care of the fur trade on the island, he gave the northern part as a fief to his lieutenant Antoine de La Frenaye de Brucy. For this reason, this part of the island contributed to the mid 20th century, the name Brucy. 1856, the railroad line of the Grand Trunk Railway was opened between Montreal and Toronto, which triggered a surge in development.
In 1855, the founding of the parish of Sainte -Jeanne -de- Chantal - l'Isle - Perrot, which covered the entire island was. From this was 1946, the total community Ile- Perrot, however, had only a few years inventory. In 1949, Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot split off in 1950 and finally in 1952 Pincourt Terrace Vaudreuil. 1955 became the municipality of city status since 2000 she has been a member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted L'Île- Perrot 10,503 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1889 inhab. / Km ². 65.7 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 20.5 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.8%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 12.0%. Only 28.1% spoke French. In 2001, 82.5 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 5.1% Protestant, and 7.7% non-denominational.
Traffic
L' Ile- Perrot is intersected by the Autoroute 20 (Montreal- Toronto ). In the center area of this highway is classified as a main road, as there are three ground floor intersections with traffic lights here. About the Pont Galipeault 20 reaches the Autoroute Île de Montréal, about 5 km to the north exists with the Autoroute 40 is a cross-free highway. Secondary roads provide connections to neighboring communities here on the island.
On the northern outskirts run two parallel double track railway lines of the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, each with a separate bridge over the Ottawa River. L' Ile- Perrot has a station on the suburban railway line from Agence métropolitaine de transport, which leads from the Montreal station Lucien- Vaudreuil - Dorion and L'Allier by Hudson. The detailed indexing on the island to take several bus lines of the company CIT La Presqu'Île.