Mascouche

Mascouche is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the administrative region of Lanaudière, slightly more than 30 km north of Montréal. Mascouche part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Les Moulins, has an area of ​​106.64 km ² and has 42 491 inhabitants ( 2011).

Geography

Mascouche is located in the Rive- Nord, about five kilometers from the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles. The terrain is mostly flat and is drained by the strongly meandering tributary Rivière Mascouche. The municipal area includes the settlements Domaine - Guilbeault, Lac -Samson and Mascouche -Ouest. Neighboring communities are Saint -Roch -de- l'Achigan in the north, L' Épiphanie in the northeast, Repentigny to the east and Terrebonne in the south and west.

History

The current urban area belonged from 1647 to Seigneurie of Repentigny. 1717 the first settlers settled on the banks of the Rivière Mascouche. This name is attested since 1722; in the language of the Algonquin it means " little bear ". 1750, the parish of Saint -Henri -de- Mascouche was founded. A year after the abolition of the seigneurial regime in 1855 the establishment of the civil parish of the same name. This was awarded in 1971 the town status and renamed itself in Mascouche. The city is a member of the administration union Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal since 2000.

Population

According to the 2011 census counted 42,491 inhabitants Mascouche, which corresponds to a population density of 398.5 inh. / Km ². 93.5 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 2.4 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.6 %, to other languages ​​and multiple responses accounted for 3.5%. Only 60.2% spoke French. In 2001, 93.0 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 2.0 % Protestant, and 3.9 % non-denominational.

Traffic

At the southern edge of the town two highways, the Autoroute 25 in Montreal in the northern suburbs and the Autoroute 640 cruise along the Rivière des Mille Îles. A main road of national importance is the Route 125 Laurentinische towards the mountains. Several bus lines of the company CRT Lanaudière Mascouche connect with the surrounding communities and the bus station in Terrebonne. Under Construction is an AMT suburban railway line, which will run from Mascouche via Repentigny to Montreal and scheduled to open during the year 2014.

In parallel to Autoroute 640, about three kilometers from the city center, the airport is Mascouche. It serves general aviation, has a paved runway and landing strip with a length of 914 meters and is the basis of several flight schools.

Personalities

• Éric Gagné (born 1976 ), baseball player