Urban agglomeration of Longueuil

Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
—  RCM Equivalent Territory  —
Quebec
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Incorporated January 01, 2002
County seat Longueuil
Communities 5
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 282.42 km2 (109 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 385,533
 • Density 1,365.1/km2 (3,535.6/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 3.7%
 • Dwellings 164,418
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.longueuil.ca

The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and still retains the same area as that mega-city.

The urban agglomeration of Longueuil is coextensive with the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Longueuil, whose geographical code is 58.

Contents

Structure

According to the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations, the cities and boroughs of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil are structured as follows:

Central municipality

Related municipalities

Population and Reprensentation by district

2006 Canadian Census / Longueuil

City Population (2006) Pct (%) # of Representatives # of council votes
Boucherville 40,480 10.43% 1 1.76
Brossard 71,154 18.33% 1 3.21
Longueuil 230,678 59.44% 6 10.63
Saint-Bruno 24,423 6.29% 1 1.13
Saint-Lambert 21,342 5.50% 1 1
Total 388,077 100% 10 17.73

Agglomeration powers

Main article: Urban agglomerations of Quebec

Under this new system of municipal organization, the agglomeration city and the reconstituted cities (in this case, Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert) share powers and responsibilities. The urban agglomeration is headed by an agglomeration council which exercises these agglomeration powers.

Demographics

Language
Mother tongue from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 289,215 75.85%
English only 30,695 8.05%
Both English and French 3,020 0.79%
Other languages 58,350 15.3%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

  • Secondary Highways:
    • None
  • External Routes:
    • None

Bordering Counties

Marguerite-d'Youville
Saint Lawrence River
Montréal		 La Vallée-du-Richelieu
   Longueuil    
Roussillon

See also

References

  1. ^ Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
  2. ^ a b 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Urban agglomeration of Longueuil, Quebec

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