Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
Sainte -Catherine is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie administrative region, about 15 km south of the center of Montreal. Sainte -Catherine is part of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Roussillon, has an area of 10.19 km ² and has 16 762 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Sainte -Catherine is located in the region Rive- Sud on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River ( near the Lachine rapids ) and belongs to the community association Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal. In the municipality there is a section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Neighboring municipalities are Delson in the east, Saint-Constant in the south and Kahnawake ( a sanctuary of Mohawk ) in the west.
History
1676 the Jesuits built a mission to convert the natives. More than two and a half centuries, the area remained relatively sparsely populated. This changed in 1934 with the opening of the Pont Honoré - Mercier, which connects the neighboring Kahnawake with the Île de Montréal. In 1937 the founding of the town of Sainte -Catherine -de- Laprairie - d'Alexandrie, by assignment of areas of the municipality of Saint- Constant. The city status was given the community in 1973, while the name was shortened to Sainte -Catherine. This is derived by Kateri Tekakwitha, a canonized Iroquois. Another significant development thrust experienced Sainte -Catherine with the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s. North of the village was a lock to bypass the Lachine Rapids, the Ecluse de Sainte -Catherine.
Traffic
South of Sainte -Catherine runs the Autoroute 30, which travels around the Montreal agglomeration widely. Another highway Autoroute 15 between Montreal and the border with the U.S. state of New York, is located a few kilometers to the east. Through the village, the route 132 towards Salaberry -de- Valleyfield. Sainte -Catherine 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.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted Sainte-Catherine 16 762 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 1645 inhab. / Km ². 89.7 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 4.0 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.8 %, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 5.5%. Only 53.1 % spoke French. In 2001, 93.5 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 2.7 % Protestant, and 3.1 % non-denominational.