Saint-Constant, Quebec
Saint-Constant is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie administrative region, approximately 18 km south of the center of Montreal. Saint-Constant is the administrative headquarters of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Roussillon, has an area of 57.30 km ² and has 24,980 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Saint-Constant, part of the community association Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, located in the region Rive- Sud, about 4 km south of the St. Lawrence River in mostly flat terrain. Neighboring municipalities are Sainte -Catherine in the north, Delson in the northeast, Candiac in the east, in the southeast of Saint-Mathieu, Saint- Rémi in the south, Saint -Isidore in the southwest and Kahnawake ( a sanctuary of Mohawk ) in the west.
History
The first French settlers settled down in 1725 in the area that covered the central part of the Seigneurie Sault -Saint- Louis. In 1750 the first church was built. The founding of the parish of Saint -Constant was made in 1845. The name commemorates the French officer Constant Le Marchand de Lignery ( 1663-1731 ). The extensive municipality reduced successively with the establishment of new churches ( Saint -Michel in 1854, Delson 1918, Saint -Mathieu 1919). With the opening of the Pont Honoré - Mercier in neighboring Kahnawake, the accessibility from Montreal suddenly improved. The population increased from the 1950s to striking, so that Saint-Constant In 1973, the city status.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted 24,980 inhabitants Saint-Constant, which corresponds to a population density of 436 inh. / Km ². 87.2 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 5.0 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.6%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 6.2%. Only 50.2% spoke French. In 2001, 92.8 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 2.9 % Protestant, and 2.9 % non-denominational.
Attractions
The Railway Museum Musée canadien ferroviaire founded in 1961, has about 140 vehicles, the largest collection of railway and tramway vehicles in the country.
Traffic
South of the city runs the Autoroute 30, a motorway which bypasses the agglomeration of Montreal widely. Saint-Constant has a train station near a suburban railway line in the Agence métropolitaine de transport, which leads to the Lucien- L'Allier Station in downtown Montreal. The bus operation CIT Roussillon operates several lines in the neighboring communities and to Montreal.