Notre-Dame-de-l'ÃŽle-Perrot, Quebec
Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - 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 27.80 km ² and has 10,620 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
The municipality of Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot comprises the eastern 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 of Ile Sainte -Geneviève in the Lac Saint -Louis, including the Ile Dowker. On the opposite bank of the eastern Mündungsarms the Île de Montréal is located. Neighboring communities on the island of L'Île- Perrot are in the northwest and Pincourt in the West. Beyond the eastern Mündungsarms of the Ottawa River (as seen from west to east) are the municipalities of Sainte -Anne- de -Bellevue, Baie - d'Urfe and Beaconsfield.
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. 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 stock, as Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot in 1949 seceded. At the eastern tip of the island the town Pointe -du -Moulin was founded in 1958, but in 1984 again merged with Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot. In 2004, the municipality of the city state. Since 2000, the city is a member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
Attractions
Is the historic district of Pointe- du- Moulin, the former center of the Seigneurie, with several houses from the 18th century on the eastern tip of the island. Built in 1707/ 08 Windmill Pointe -du -Moulin is one of the oldest in Quebec and is since 1969 a National Historic Site of Canada.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot 10,620 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 382 inh. / Km ². 64.9 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 21.0 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 2.2%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 11.9%. Only 22.7% spoke French. In 2001, 85.6 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 8.1 % Protestant, and 3.9 % non-denominational.
Traffic
Notre- Dame-de- l'Île - Perrot is on a side street that. Neighboring L' Ile- Perrot onto Autoroute 20, the highway between Montreal and Toronto Public transport on the island to take several bus lines of the company CIT La Presqu'Île. These materials offer on L' Ile- Perrot terminal station on a railway line suburb of Agence métropolitaine de transport, which leads from the Montreal station Lucien- Vaudreuil - Dorion and L'Allier by Hudson.