L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
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L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal.
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[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 divided into 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Community Profile: L'Île-Bizard, Québec; Statistics Canada
- Community Profile: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec; Statistics Canada
[edit] External links
- Borough website (in French)
