Saint-Lambert, Quebec

Saint -Lambert is a town in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the administrative region of Montérégie, about five kilometers east of the center of Montreal. The city is part of the agglomeration of Longueuil, has an area of ​​7.55 km ² and has 21,555 inhabitants ( 2011). From 2002 to 2006 Saint -Lambert was a district of Longueuil.

Geography

Saint -Lambert is located on the eastern shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the region Rive- Sud, in a largely flat terrain. In urban area, a three-kilometer section of the St. Lawrence Seaway runs. Neighboring municipalities are Longueuil in the north and east, Brossard in the south and Montreal to the west ( across the river ).

History

The current urban area once belonged to two different landlords in New France: on the one hand, to Seigneurie La Prairie, which was proposed in 1647 to the Jesuits, on the other hand, for Seigneurie Longueuil, which came into the possession of Charles Le Moyne in 1657. The settlement began in the early 19th century until the beginning of the 1850s, agriculture was predominant. This changed in 1852, when the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad ( Canada's first railway line) from La Prairie has been extended here. This allowed a more direct ferry service to Montreal and had a rapid urbanization result.

The founding of the town of Saint -Lambert was in 1857 The place name is ambiguous. The English-speaking Protestants, he recalled Francis Lambert of Avignon, the French-speaking Catholics in Lambert closse, the first commander of the Montreal city militia. 1859 Pont Victoria was opened, the first bridge over the St. Lawrence River. This led to a rapid growth in population, so that the community in 1921 received the city status. 1969 Préville was incorporated. Saint -Lambert was more than a century a preferred place of residence for medium-sized, English-speaking Protestants. Even in 1981, the proportion of Anglophones in the population of 61%. In the following years more and more Francophones moved to the city, which today represent the vast majority.

The Government of the Province of Quebec ordered the merger of several municipalities with the city Longueuil, which entered into force on 1 January 2002. Saint- Bruno -de- Montarville now formed a district of Longueuil. This approach met with in parts of the population with considerable resistance. In a referendum on 20 January 2004, 60 % of voters were in favor of the separation. The community was re-established on 1 January 2006, but was forced to cede some powers to the Association of Municipalities of the agglomeration of Longueuil. Saint -Lambert is a member of the company founded in 2000 Zweckverbandes Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.

Population

According to the 2011 census counted 21,555 inhabitants Saint -Lambert, which corresponds to a population density of 2855 inhab. / Km ². 74.6 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 13.5 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.6%, to other languages ​​and multiple responses accounted for 10.3% ( including 2.0% Spanish). Only 21.9% spoke French. In 2001, 76.0 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 9.5% Protestant, and 9.6% non-denominational.

Traffic

The Pont Victoria is a combined road and railway bridge over the St. Lawrence Seaway and the St. Lawrence River, which connects Saint -Lambert with Montreal. In parallel, over the canal bridge for pedestrians and cyclists to the southern tip of the Île Notre -Dame. Along the canal bank runs Autoroute 20, one of the main highways of the Quebec province. This intersects with the leading via the current Route 112, the main road in the direction of Sherbrooke. Saint -Lambert has stopped at the AMT commuter trains between Montreal and Mont -Saint -Hilaire, VIA Rail express trains between Montreal and Quebec City, Gaspé and Halifax, as well as Amtrak slow trains between Montreal and New York City a railway station. The city is accessible by several bus lines of the company Réseau de transport de Longueuil. From 1909 to 1956 the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway frequented by Saint- Lambert.

Pictures

Gare Saint -Lambert

Maison Marsil

Pont Victoria