Repentigny, Quebec
Repentigny is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Lanaudière region, approximately 25 km north of the center of Montreal. Repentigny is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) L' Assomption, has an area of 61.79 km ² and has 82,000 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Repentigny is located in the Rive- Nord, on the western shore of the St. Lawrence River. In a north-south direction of the Rivière L' Assomption, which flows into the Rivière des Prairies on the southern outskirts flows; this in turn meets after a short distance on the St. Lawrence River. The city area also includes several offshore islands in the stream. Across the estuary lies the Île de Montréal. Neighboring municipalities are L' Épiphanie and L' Assomption in the north, Saint- Sulpice in the northeast, Verchères in the east, in the southeast of Varennes, Charlemagne in the South, Terrebonne Mascouche in the southwest and the west.
History
Pierre Le Gardeur, French admiral and director of the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France, the territory was awarded as Seigneurie in 1647. His son Jean -Baptiste Le Gardeur was built in 1670, the settlement at the mouth of Repentigny Rivière L' Assomption. She was named after the home of his family, the village of Repentigny in Normandy. Although the new settlement in 1737 was the starting point of the Chemin du Roy, she grew up until the late 19th century and hardly had only a few hundred inhabitants. This changed in the early 20th century, when the Montreal elite began to use the village as a tourist destination. 1957 Repentigny received the city status. In 2002, the merger took place with the municipality of Le Gardeur ( lying on the opposite bank of the Rivière L' Assomption ), making the city of 40 km ² and 17,000 inhabitants grew. Repentigny is a member of the company founded in 2000 Zweckverbandes Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
Attractions
In Repentigny, there are two historic windmills dating from the early 19th century, which have been largely preserved in their original state and are under monument protection. These are the built in 1820 Windmill Grenier and built in 1823 Windmill Antoine- Jetté.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted 82,000 inhabitants Repentigny, which corresponds to a population density of 1327.1 inh. / Km ². 92.2 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 1.5%. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.6 %, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 5.9%. Only 57.9 % spoke French. In 2001, 94.2 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 1.4% Protestant, and 3.5% non-denominational.
Traffic
Main artery of Repentigny is the Autoroute 40, the highway between the cities of Montreal and Quebec City. Of westward branches off the Autoroute 640, which connects the communities of the Rive -Nord region together. Parallel to the St. Lawrence River runs the main road Route 138
Repentigny is on a railway line of the Canadian National Railway, which is mainly used for freight. Currently the three passenger VIA Rail express trains limited week between Montreal and Jonquière. From 2014 suburban trains of the Agence métropolitaine de transport are regularly travels between Montreal and Mascouche. Several bus lines of the company CRT Lanaudière connect with Repentigny Montreal and the neighboring communities.