Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Sainte -Anne- de -Bellevue is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located on the Île de Montréal west of Montreal. The city has an area of 10.57 km ² and has a population 5073 ( 2011).
Geography
Sainte -Anne -de- Bellevue is located in the west of the Île de Montréal ( Region West Iceland ) directly across from the Ile Perrot, on a short river branch of Ottawa between the lakes Lac des Deux Montagnes and Lac Saint- Louis. The municipality is bordered to the west by Senneville, to the north by the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds - Roxboro, north-east of Kirkland and Beaconsfield, on the east by Baie- d'Urfe. The campus of the Faculty of Agriculture, McGill University occupies more than half of its territory. The downtown Montreal is about 31 kilometers away.
History
1677 built French Sulpizianermönche on the western tip of the island, the mission station of Saint-Louis -du- Bout- de -l'Île to convert the Algonquian. Due to repeated attacks by the Iroquois in 1703 it had to be moved to a more defensible place to Senneville. 1712 suffered minister René -Charles de Breslay in a snowstorm a riding accident and said to have been rescued by an apparition of Saint Anne. A little later the church of Sainte -Anne was built on this site and there was a settlement. 1878 saw the establishment of the community, which in 1895 became a city. The opening of a railway line of the Grand Trunk Railway ( 1855) and the construction of the Macdonald Campus of McGill University ( 1905-1907 ), a veteran hospital (1917 ) and the John Abbott College ( 1971) led to accelerated growth. Since 1843 the rapids between the two lakes are overcome by means of a lock.
On 1 January 2002 27 municipalities were merged on the island of Montreal. Especially in communities with a high proportion of English speakers was stirring resistance, since this measure was ordered by the provincial government of the separatist Parti Québécois. As of 2003, the Parti libéral du Québec, the government and promised to make the municipal mergers reversed. On 20 July 2004 referendums were held in 22 former municipalities. In Sainte -Anne -de- Bellevue, which is 82.3 % of eligible participants were in favor of the separation. The community was re-established on 1 January 2006, but was forced to cede to the Association of Municipalities numerous competencies.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted Sainte -Anne- de -Bellevue 5,073 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 479.9 inh. / Km ². 41.6 % of the population reported English as the main language, the proportion of French was 37.6 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 2.6%, was attributable to other languages and multiple response 18.2 % ( including 2.5% Italian, 1.8% Spanish and 1.2% depending German and Polish ). Only 15.8% spoke English, only French 6.9%. In 2001, 61.7 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 16.5 % Protestant, 3.3% Muslim, and 14.1% no religious affiliation.
Traffic
Sainte -Anne- de -Bellevue is located on Autoroute 20, which runs between Montreal and Toronto highway. This crosses the river on the Pont opened in 1925 to Ile Perrot Galipeault. Further north, the Autoroute 40 runs in the direction of Ottawa. Hub of public transport is the train station on the main railway line Montreal - Toronto; it operate AMT commuter trains from Montreal station Lucien- Vaudreuil - Dorion L'Allier after. Several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal establish connections with neighboring communities.
Pictures
Town hall
John Abbott College
Church