L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

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L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal.

1 Geography
2 Government
- 2.1 Municipal
3 Features
4 See also
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Geography

The borough is composed of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève. The first is a separate island, the largest of the City of Montreal besides the Island of Montreal itself, and the second is a small area on the Island of Montreal. Sainte-Geneviève has a land border with the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro.

The borough is divided into four districts:

Pierre-Foretier
Denis-Benjamin-Viger
Jacques-Bizard
Sainte-Geneviève

The borough has a land area of 23.63 km² and a population of 17,139 (2001 census).

[edit] Government

[edit] Municipal

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is devided in four districts.

Denis-Benjamin-Viger
Jacques-Bizard
Pierre-Foretier
Sainte-Geneviève

Part of Sainte-Geneviève lies within the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Louis; Île Bizard and the other half of Sainte-Geneviève lie within the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard.

Provincially, the borough lies in the electoral district of Nelligan.

[edit] Features

Sainte-Geneviève and Île Bizard are connected by the Jacques Bizard Bridge. Île Bizard contains part of the Cap Saint-Jacques nature park as well as the Boisé de l'Île Bizard nature park. Sainte-Geneviève's features include the Cégep Gérald-Godin. Plans have been advanced in the past to cross Île Bizard with an autoroute as part of a beltway around Montreal, but these have so far come to nothing mainly out of concern for the island's nature areas.