Longueuil, Quebec

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City of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
(Ville de Longueuil, Québec, Canada)
Official flag of City of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Flag		 Official seal of City of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Seal
Motto: "Labor et Concordia"  (French)
"Work and Harmony"
City of Longueuil
City of Longueuil
Coordinates: 45.31° N 73.30° W
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Founded 1657
Established 2001
Government
 - City Mayor Claude Gladu (since 2006)
Area
 - City 115.59 km²  (44.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - City 229,330 (Ranked 19th)
 - Density 1,984.0/km² (5,138.5/sq mi)
  Metro population est. 2006
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span J4G to J4N, J4T, J4V
Area code = 450
Website: www.ville.longueuil.qc.ca

Longueuil (English pronuciation [lɑŋˈgɔɪ], French [lɔ̃.gœj]) is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it is a suburb.

The city merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. These cities have become boroughs of the new city. Saint-Lambert and Le Moyne became one borough, and the former city of Longueuil became the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. On June 20, 2004, the boroughs of Boucherville, Saint-Lambert, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Brossard voted to demerge from Longueuil and reconstitute themselves as municipalities, having obtained 10% of signatures at a registry requesting a referendum and 35% or more majority yes votes at the referendum out of the total voting population on electoral lists. Locals refer to the borough of Vieux-Longueuil as "Longueuil proper" to distinguish it from the part of the borough known as "Old Longueuil".

In 2001, the population of the components of the current city of Longueuil totalled 348,091, making it the third largest city in Quebec and 11th largest in Canada. The current city has an area of 273.52 km². Residents of Longueuil are called Longueuillois.

Most of the community's residents commute to Montreal to work. This generates major traffic problems; owing to the width of the Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore, there are only five automobile crossings (the Honoré-Mercier, Champlain, Victoria, and Jacques-Cartier bridges and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel), and they are severely congested. (See the list of bridges in Montreal.)

The city is also served by the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station, connected to downtown Montreal by the yellow line of the metro. The Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) bus lines almost all terminate here, or cross over the Champlain Bridge to arrive at the Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) in downtown Montreal (under the 1000 de la Gauchetière office tower, at Bonaventure metro). The Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train line also serves the south shore. Until the mid-1950s, it was served by interurban streetcars operated by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway.

There are several explanations for the origin of the city's name. According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne (1626-1685), lord of the area starting in 1657, named it after a village which is today the seat of a canton in the district of Dieppe in his homeland of Normandy. In France, the name is spelled "Longueil" and it is rumored that it was a mistake to spell it "Longueuil".

Desendants of the Longueuil family claim that one of their ancestors was with Samuel de Champlain when he explored the region in 1611. An outpost was started on the other side of the river and was named in honor of Longueuil.

Longueuil, Quebec is officially twinned with the Town of Whitby, Ontario.

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[edit] Politics

MPs: Maka Kotto (Saint-Lambert_(electoral_district)), Carole Lavallée (Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert), Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher)

MNAs: Nicole Ménard (Laporte), Camil Bouchard (Vachon), Bernard Drainville (Marie-Victorin), Marie Malavoy (Taillon),

[edit] Education

[edit] Economy

[edit] Transportation

  • Saint Lambert
  • Saint Hubert
  • Saint Bruno

[edit] Health

  • Charles-Lemoyne Hospital
  • Pierre-Boucher Hospitality Centre

[edit] The Community

  • Saint-Jean-Longueuil Diocese

[edit] Media

  • Le Courrier du Sud
  • Les Hebdos montérégiens

[edit] Famous people

[edit] Coat of arms

Longueuil Coat of Arms
Longueuil Coat of Arms

The coat of Arms of Longueuil.

[edit] Sister Cities

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Longueuil City | Acton | Le Bas-Richelieu | Beauharnois-Salaberry | Brome-Missisquoi | La Haute-Yamaska | Le Haut-Richelieu | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | Les Jardins-de-Napierville | Lajemmerais | Les Maskoutains | Roussillon | Rouville | La Vallée-du-Richelieu | Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Neighbouring regions: Estrie | Montreal | Outaouais | Laurentides | Centre-du-Québec
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Subdivisions of Quebec
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Separated cities Gatineau · Lévis · Notre-Dame-des-Anges · Rouyn-Noranda · Saguenay · Saint-Augustin · Shawinigan · Sherbrooke · Trois-Rivières
Agglomeration areas La Tuque · Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Longueuil · Montreal · Quebec City
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Coordinates: 45°32′N, 73°31′W

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