Vaudreuil-Dorion
Vaudreuil - Dorion is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the Montérégie region, about 40 kilometers west of the center of Montreal. Vaudreuil - Dorion is the administrative headquarters of the regional county municipality ( municipalité régional du comté ) Vaudreuil - Soulanges has an area of 72.52 km ² and has 33 305 inhabitants ( 2011). The city was created in 1994 from the merger of the municipalities Vaudreuil Dorion and.
Geography
Vaudreuil - Dorion is located on the south shore of Lac des Deux Montagnes, the mouth of the Ottawa River in the St. Lawrence River. To the east of the lake lie the Hochelaga Archipelago islands belonging Île de Montréal and Île Perrot. The city consists of two non-contiguous areas; the greater part of lakeside settlements with the Vaudreuil Dorion and as well as the westerly, rural enclave Hudson Acres. The city area includes dozens of small islands in the Baie de Vaudreuil; the three largest of which are the reserve Réserve écologique des Îles - Avelle - Wight -et- Hiam.
Neighboring municipalities are Vaudreuil -sur -le- Lac in the north, L' Ile- Perrot, Vaudreuil - terrace and Pincourt (all on the Ile Perrot ) and in the East, Pointe -des- Cascades and Les Cedars in the south, Saint- Lazare in the West Hudson in the northwest. The exclave Hudson Acres also borders on Rigaud.
History
End of the 17th century, the entire region west of the Île de Montréal an important area for the fur trade. On November 23, 1702 wrote to the governor of New France, Hector de Callière, two Seigneuries west of the Ottawa River. One came into the possession of Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, the Governor of Montreal, the other went to his brother- Joybert de Soulanges. The place Vaudreuil grew slowly due to its remote location. The church of Saint -Michel de Vaudreuil was 1783-1789.
1845 saw the establishment of the municipality of Vaudreuil. The opening of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1853 developed at the station the place Dorion, named after the politician Antoine -Aimé Dorion. The place was an independent municipality in 1891. Another growth spurt, there was the opening of the highways from Montreal to Toronto and Ottawa. 1963 Vaudreuil received the status of a city. On March 16, 1994, Vaudreuil Dorion and Vaudreuil - Dorion to the city came together. Since 2000 she is member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted Vaudreuil - Dorion 33 305 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 459.3 inh. / Km ². 64.2 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 19.6 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 1.8%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 14.4%. Only 27.3% spoke French. In 2001, 86.2 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 6.2% Protestant, and 6.3% non-denominational.
Traffic
Vaudreuil - Dorion is an important hub of the Canadian rail transport. On Dorion train station, the upcoming Montreal forth railway line branched towards Ottawa and Toronto. The transport company Agence métropolitaine de transport operates a suburban railway line that runs from Lucien- L'Allier station in Montreal on Dorion Vaudreuil and according to Hudson. The Fine closure in the city accept several bus lines of the company CIT La Presqu'Île.
The city is affected by three highways. In the north, crossing Autoroute 40 on the Pont de l' Île -aux- Tourtes the Lac des Deux Montagnes and goes to the border with the Province of Ontario Highway 417 to Ottawa over. In the south, Autoroute 20 runs in the direction of Toronto, which the Ottawa River crossing on the Pont Taschereau, the urban area is on a short section to a separate non-directional EU urban road and goes to the provincial border into Highway 401. These two motorways are connected by the Autoroute 30 (formerly Route 540 ) to one another, which crosses the St. Lawrence River since 2012.
Pictures
Avenue Saint -Jean -Baptiste Dorion
Old Courthouse
Church of Saint -Michel de Vaudreuil