Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint- Eustache is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the administrative region of Laurentides, about 30 kilometers west of Montreal. Saint- Eustache is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Deux- Montagnes, has an area of 69.61 km ² and has 44 154 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Saint- Eustache in the region Rive -Nord on the western shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles, one of the estuaries of the Ottawa River. This has, in the northeastern part of the metropolitan area on several island; these include the Île Norbert - Aubé, the Île Yale, the Ile Corbeil, the Ile Maurice Ile and the Provost. On the opposite side of the river is the Ile Jésus. On the southern outskirts of the Rivière du Chêne flows into the Rivière des Mille Îles. Neighboring municipalities are Mirabel in the north, Boisbriand in the Northeast, the East Laval, Deux- Montagnes and Sainte -Marthe -sur -le- Lac in the south and Saint -Joseph -du -Lac in the West.
History
Although Michel Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand received in 1683 at the Rivière des Mille Îles Seigneurie awarded, but neither he nor his descendants were keen to develop the area. This only changed when Eustache Lambert Dumont 1749 Seigneurie took over. As the actual founder of the city is considered to be the son Eustache -Louis Dumont, who settled at the mouth of the Rivière du Chêne 1760 colonists. Shortly after, a flour mill. Was named the settlement after his patron saint, Saint Eustace. 1768 saw the establishment of the parish, the parish church was built in 1780-1783.
Around 1790 was Saint -Eustache with a population of nearly 2,400 inhabitants, the fifth- largest settlement in Lower Canada, in 1825, the population had grown to over 4,300. The first bridge over the Rivière des Mille Îles over to Île Jésus was established in 1830. During the Lower Canada Rebellion entrenched themselves on December 14, 1837 200 led by Jean -Olivier Chénier rebels in the church and made fierce resistance against the colonial troops under the leadership of John Colborne; the Battle of Saint- Eustache called 73 fatalities. A year after the abolition of the feudal domain followed 1855, the founding of the town of Saint -Eustache.
From the 1860s to the 1940s, the population remained largely stable since the community was predominantly agricultural and hardly settled industry. The opening of a branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Sainte -Thérèse Saint- Eustache on June 26, 1882 did not change this bit since the railway line mainly used to transport agricultural products; The railway line was finally decommissioned on 27 April 1940. In 1921, the new church of Saint- Eustache -sur -le- Lac split ( the present city of Deux- Montagnes ), was carried out by a further transfer of territory in 1960, the founding of Sainte -Marthe -sur -le- Lac. Nevertheless, Saint-Eustache received the city status in 1948.
The opening of the new Pont Arthur - Sauvé and especially highway construction in the 1960s led to a rapid increase in population. The previously predominantly rural Saint- Eustache became a suburb on the outskirts of the metropolitan Montreal / Laval. The Congregation of Notre-Dame de Montréal, a religious community of nuns sold in 1986 their monastery ( built in 1898 ) to the city administration, which uses the building as city hall since then. Saint- Eustache is a member of the company founded in 2000 Zweckverbandes Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted Saint-Eustache 44 154 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 634.3 inh. / Km ². 90.7 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 3.7 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.8 %, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 4.8%. Only 51.4 % spoke French. In 2001, 92.8 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 2.1% Protestant, and 3.9% non-denominational.
Transport and the economy
The most important road is the Autoroute 13, which here from Montreal and Laval leading highway. On the northern outskirts of Saint -Eustache it meets the Autoroute 640 which begins in the neighboring village of Sainte -Marthe -sur -le- Lac, travels around the metropolitan area in the north and ends at Repentigny. Through the town center leads the main road Route 148 between Laval and Gatineau; they crossed the river on the Pont Arthur - Sauvé. On Boulevard Arthur - Sauvé Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) runs the Terminus Saint -Eustache. This bus station is the hub of several bus lines of the companies CIT Laurentides and Société de transport de Laval. Buses among others in the city of Laval and the station of Deux- Montagnes (connection to the AMT commuter trains to Montreal ).
Due to its location between the metropolitan Montreal / Laval and a major agricultural region west of it the food industry in Saint- Eustache is of great importance. The best-known industrial company headquartered in Saint- Eustache 's Nova Bus, a company specializing in the production of buses subsidiary of Volvo.
Attractions
Landmark of the city is built in 1783 in neo-classical style church of Saint- Eustache. A special feature of this building are several bullet holes in the facade; they originate from cannonballs that were fired at the 1837 entrenched in the building rebels. Several buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries have been also obtained. These include the Manoir Globensky ( home of August Franz Globensky ), the former monastery of Notre -Dame (now the Town Hall) and the Moulin Légaré ( oldest water powered flour mill in Canada ).
Sports
Northwest of the town is the Autodrome Saint- Eustache. On this motorsport race drag race and race of the Whelen All-American Series and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series will be performed.
Personalities
- Hugo Boisvert (born 1976 ), ice hockey player
- Guylaine St- Onge (1965-2005), actress
Pictures
Maison Lavigne -Richer
Manoir Globensky
Maison Chenier - Sauvé
Moulin Légaré