Longueuil, Quebec

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Longueuil, Quebec
—  City  —
Ville de Longueuil
Flag Seal Logo
Motto: "Labor et Concordia"  (Latin) "Work and Harmony"
City of Longueuil
Coordinates: 45°19′N 73°18′W / 45.31, -73.3
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM or TE	Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58)
Founded	1657
Established	January 1, 2002
Government
- City Mayor	Claude Gladu (since 2006)
Area
- Total	115.59 km² (44.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	229,330 (Ranked 19th)
- Density	1,984.0/km² (5,138.5/sq mi)
	Canada 2006 Census
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	J4G to J4N, J4T, J4V
Area code = 450
Website: www.longueuil.ca

Longueuil (pronounced /lɒŋˈgɔɪ]/ in English, IPA: [lɔ̃gœj] in French) 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. Residents of Longueuil are called Longueuillois. In 2006, the population of the new city of Longueuil totaled 229,330, making it the fifth largest city in Quebec and 19th largest in Canada. The current city has a land area of 115.59 km².

[edit] History

[edit] Origin of the name

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".

Descendants 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 honour of Longueuil.

[edit] Prior to 2002

Prior to the 2002 municipal mergers, the city of Longueuil was composed of Ville Jacques-Cartier, Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) and Longueuil, which had amalgamated in 1969. These three cities, along with the former city of LeMoyne, currently form the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. Locals refer to the borough of Vieux-Longueuil as "Longueuil proper" to distinguish it from the part of the borough known as "Old Longueuil". For more information on this area, please see Vieux-Longueuil.

[edit] Municipal reorganization

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 became 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 former boroughs of Boucherville, Brossard,Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert 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. The rest of the city stayed intact, with the only change being LeMoyne voting to join the Vieux-Longueuil borough, rather than return on its own.

[edit] Mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Longueuil, Quebec

The former municipalities that now form the new city of Longueuil all have had dozens of different mayors. Since the 2002 municipal mergers, Longueuil has had two mayors.

[edit] Government

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[edit] Municipal

Main article: Longueuil City Council

Up until 2006, the city of Longueuil had 7 boroughs. This has changed following the demergers. The Saint-Lambert-LeMoyne borough was split apart, with LeMoyne joining Vieux-Longueuil. The city currently has three boroughs and 26 councilors.

The current mayor is Claude Gladu, who also happened to be the mayor up until the mergers. His term began in 2005 and is scheduled to end in 2009.

The council president is Marie-Lise Sauvé.

The three current boroughs are:

[edit] Vieux-Longueuil

Main article: Vieux-Longueuil

Population (2006): 135,634 ^[1]
Borough President: Jacques Goyette ^[2]

[edit] Greenfield Park

Main article: Greenfield Park, Quebec

Population (2006): 17,251 ^[3]
Borough President: Bernard Constantini ^[4]

[edit] Saint-Hubert

Main article: Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Population (2006): 77,793 ^[5]
Borough President: Stéphane Desjardins ^[6]

[edit] Federal

MPs:

• Vacant (Saint-Lambert)
• Carole Lavallée (Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert)
• Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher)

[edit] Provincial

MNAs:

• Nicole Ménard (Laporte)
• Camil Bouchard (Vachon)
• Bernard Drainville (Marie-Victorin)
• Marie Malavoy (Taillon)

[edit] Economy

• Rive-Sud Industry Chamber of Commerce

• Aerospace engineering:
  • Héroux-Devtek,
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada

• Canadian Space Agency: (John H. Chapman Space Center), Borough of Saint-Hubert.

[edit] Culture

[edit] Media

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Newspapers:

• Le Courrier du Sud (Longueuil)
• Le Journal de Saint-Hubert (St. Hubert)
• Le Magazine (Greenfield Park, LeMoyne and the city of St. Lambert)
• Longueuil Extra (Longueuil)

Radio:

• CHMP-FM 98.5
• CHAA-FM 103.3

Television:

• Télé Rive-Sud (TVRS)

[edit] Sport

[edit] Demographics

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According to the 2006 Canadian Census, the City of Longueuil had 229,330 people, an increase of 1.6% over 2001's figure of 225,761. Longueuil occupies 115.59 square kilometres of space, giving the city a population density of 1,984 persons per kilometre squared. There were 101,746 private dwellings, 98,735 of which were occupied by usual residents.

Of the 132,570 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $26,537, which is above Quebec's provincial average of $25,464. Among the 69,990 full time workers, the median income was $37,521 or slightly below the provincial average.^[7]

[edit] Education

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[edit] Higher Education

CEGEPs

• CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit, Borough of Vieux-Longueuil
  • École nationale d'aérotechnique, Borough of Saint-Hubert

Technical and Professional Colleges
Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

• Pierre-Dupuy Professional Formation Centre
• Collège Info-Technique

University Campuses
Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

• Université de Montréal Campus
• Université de Sherbrooke Campus

[edit] Secondary Schools

Public Anglophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

• Centennial Regional High School

Borough of Saint-Hubert

• Heritage Regional High School

Public Francophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

• École secondaire Participative l'Agora

Borough of Saint-Hubert

• École secondaire André-Laurendeau
• École secondaire Mgr-A.M.-Parent

Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

• École secondaire Gérard-Filion
• École secondaire Jacques-Rousseau
• École secondaire St-Jean-Baptiste

Private Francophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

• École secondaire Internationale St-Edmond

Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

• Collège Charles-LeMoyne
• Collège Français
• Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Commuting

According to the 2006 Census, about 39,485 city residents (17.2% of the total population) commute to work in Montreal on a daily basis, while only 38,090 residents (16.6%) work in the city itself. A further 6,915 residents (3.0%) work in Boucherville every day, 4,775 (2.1%) work in Brossard, 2,795 (1.2%) in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, and 1,815 (0.8%) work in Saint-Lambert, the four other constituent cities of the Longueuil agglomeration.

By contrast only 8,845 people commute from Montreal to work in Longueuil every day, while 4,080 people commute from Brossard to work in Longueuil, 2,940 people commute from Boucherville, 2,090 from Sainte-Julie, 1,825 from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 1,815 from Chambly, and 1,810 from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. ^[11]

[edit] Roads

Rue Ste-Hélène is a major artery in Longueuil

The Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore is traversed by 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.)

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• Quebec Autoroutes:
  • Autoroute 20
  • Autoroute 30

• Quebec Provincial Highways:
  • Route 112
  • Route 116
  • Route 132
  • Route 134

• Bridges/Tunnels:
  • Jacques Cartier Bridge
  • Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.

• Boulevards
  • Taschereau Boulevard
  • Cousineau Boulevard
  • Grande Allée Boulevard
  • Curé Poirier Boulevard
  • Churchill Boulevard
  • Jacques Cartier Boulevard
  • Roland Therrien Boulevard

• Streets, Roads and Avenues
  • Chambly Road
  • St. Charles Street
  • St. Helene Street
  • St. Laurent Street

[edit] Public Transportation

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.

• Buses: Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL).
• Montreal Metro - Yellow Line: Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke Station.
• Airports: Saint-Hubert Airport.
• Commuter Trains: AMT's Montreal-Mont Saint-Hilaire Line stops at Saint Hubert Station.

[edit] Hospitals

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The city is served by two hospitals. The Charles-LeMoyne Hospital in the borough of Greenfield Park is the main hospital for Greenfield Park and Saint-Hubert. The Pierre-Boucher Hospital is the main hospital for the borough of Vieux-Longueuil.

[edit] Geographic location

		Boucherville		v • d • e
	Montreal Saint Lawrence River		Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
		Longueuil
		Saint-Lambert Brossard

[edit] Sister Cities

• Whitby, Ontario

[edit] See also

Quebec Portal

• HMCS Longueuil
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• List of mayors of Longueuil, Quebec
• Longueuil City Council
• Boroughs of Longueuil
• Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil
• Vieux-Longueuil
• Saint-Hubert, Quebec
• Greenfield Park, Quebec
• LeMoyne, Quebec

[edit] External links

• Ville de Longueuil

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 45°32′N, 73°31′W