Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

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Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec
—  City  —
Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Motto: Fiers de nos traditions
(French for "Proud of our traditions")
Coordinates: 45°31′00″N 73°20′00″W / 45.516667, -73.333333
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Province Flag of Quebec Quebec
Region Montérégie (16)
RCM or TE Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58)
Electoral district Federal: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
     MP: Carole Lavallée
Provincial: Chambly
     MNA: Richard Merlini
Established 1842
Incorporated 1958
Government
 - Mayor Claude Benjamin
Area
 - Total 43.28 km² (16.7 sq mi)
Population (2006 Census)
 - Total 24,388
 - Density 563.6/km² (1,459.7/sq mi)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span J3V
Area code(s) 450
Website: ville.stbruno.qc.ca

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It was merged with Longueuil in 2002 but de-merged in 2006.

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[edit] History

Pierre Boucher de Boucherville Junior was granted the Montarville seigneury in 1710. François-Pierre Bruneau bought the seigneury in 1829. The Roman Catholic parish of Saint Bruno was set up in 1842. The two names "Saint Bruno" and "Montarville" were joined in 1855 when it became a parish municipality. It incorporated as a city in 1958.

[edit] Parks

The town resides at the foot of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the mountains that make up the Monteregian Hills. The mountain is home to a provincial park, Parc National du Mont-Saint-Bruno, as well as a ski hill.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Languages

The 2006 census found that about 85% of residents spoke French as a mother tongue (including persons who had more than one mother tongue), and that about 11% of residents spoke English as a mother tongue (also including persons who had more than one mother tongue). The next most common mother tongue was Italian.[1]

Mother Tongue Population Percentage
French 20,340 84.17%
English 2,440 10.10%
Both English and French 235 0.97%
French and a non-official language 65 0.27%
English and a non-official language 10 0.04%
English, French and a non-official language 10 0.04%
Italian 140 0.58%
Arabic 115 0.48%
German 105 0.43%
Mother Tongue Population Percentage
Spanish 105 0.43%
Portuguese 100 0.41%
Chinese languages 80 0.33%
Polish 75 0.31%
Hungarian 45 0.19%
Dutch 35 0.14%
Czech 25 0.10%
Khmer 25 0.10%
Russian 25 0.10%


[edit] List of mayors

The old mill at Mount Saint Bruno
The old mill at Mount Saint Bruno
  • 1866-1868 : Joseph-Octave Leduc
  • 1868-1870 : Antoine-Dominique Hurtubise
  • 1870-1872 : Joseph-Octave Leduc
  • 1872-1874 : Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, M.D.
  • 1874-1877 : Timothé Sauriol
  • 1878 : Jérémie Huet
  • 1879-1886 : Timothé Sauriol
  • 1886 : Michel Provost
  • 1887-1891 : Toussaint Bachand
  • 1891-1893 : Frank Bruneau
  • 1893 : Vital Delière
  • 1894 : Louis Baillargeon
  • 1895-1902 : Vital Delière
  • 1903-1906 : Ephrem Huette
  • 1907 : Clovis Mongeau
  • 1908 : Stanislas Boissy
  • 1909-1910 : Lucien Caillé
  • 1911-1912 : Philias Grisé
  • 1913-1916 : Oscar Berthiaume
  • 1917-1920 : Louis-Arthur Léonard
  • 1921-1932 : Armand Huet
  • 1933-1939 : Paul-Émile Huet
  • 1939-1949 : Ernest Dulude
  • 1949-1952 : J. Donat Fournier
  • 1952-1953 : Ernest Dulude
  • 1953-1955 : Henri C. Bois
  • 1960-1968 : Gérard Filion
  • 1968-1969 : Claude Allard
  • 1969-1971 : Gérard Lepage
  • 1971-1975 : J. James Verge
  • 1975-1979 : J. Y. Serge Dazé
  • 1979-2001 : Marcel Dulude
  • 2002-2006 : Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville merged with the city of Longueuil
  • 2007-current : Claude Benjamin

[edit] References

  1. ^ Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, V. Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.

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Coordinates: 45°32′N, 73°21′W

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