Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
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Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a borough of Montreal, Quebec.
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[edit] Geography
Located to the north and west of Mount Royal, it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers. It is composed of the districts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Côte-des-Neiges.
The irregularly shaped borough is bounded on the north by the borough of Mount Royal, on the east by Outremont, on the southeast by Ville-Marie and Westmount, on the south by Le Sud-Ouest, and on the west by Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, and Montreal West. The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is in the south east corner of the borough.
It has an area of 20,01 km² and a population of 163,110, making it the most populous of Montreal's boroughs.
[edit] Government
[edit] Municipal
The current borough mayor is Michael Applebaum of Union Montreal.
The borough is divided into five districts, represented by the following persons and their parties:
- Côte-des-Neiges, Francine Sénecal of Union Montreal
- Darlington, Saulie Zajdel of Union Montreal
- Loyola, Warren Allmand of Union Montreal
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Marcel Tremblay of Union Montreal
- Snowdon, Marvin Rotrand of Union Montreal
[edit] Federal and provincial
The borough is divided among the following federal ridings:
It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts:
- D'Arcy-McGee
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- Outremont
- Mont-Royal
[edit] Features
The borough is traversed by the Autoroute Décarie, and is served by the orange and blue line of the Montreal metro.
Attractions in the area include Concordia University's Loyola campus, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, the Université de Montréal, and Saint Joseph's Oratory.
The borough is also the home of a sizable Romanian Community, one of the most important in Quebec.
