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| Town of Rosemère - Ville de Rosemère | |||
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| Motto: "Vivat floreat crestat" (Latin for, "Live, Bloom and Grow") |
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Rosemère
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| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | Quebec | ||
| Region | Laurentides (15) | ||
| RCM | Thérèse-De Blainville | ||
| Constitution date | 1947 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Hélène Daneault | ||
| • Federal MP Marc-Aurèle-Fortin |
Alain Giguère (NDP) | ||
| • Quebec MNA Groulx |
René Gauvreau (PQ) | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Land | 10.77 km2 (4.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population [1] | |||
| • Total | 14,173 | ||
| • Density | 1,315.7/km2 (3,407.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal code(s) | J6Z to J7H | ||
| Area code(s) | 450 | ||
| Access Routes Autoroute 640 |
Route 117 Route 344 |
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| Website | ville.rosemere.qc.ca | ||
Rosemère is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high density of trees. Some wooded areas in the town have been left intact as the town has grown around them. Homes are mostly upscale, varying from renovated cottages to unique character homes. It is almost entirely residential, with no significant industries. Boulevard Curé-Labelle, the town's main commercial artery, is lined up by suburban shops and shopping malls, the largest of which is Place Rosemère.
Its most famous resident is likely Alexandre Bilodeau, who became the first Canadian athlete to win a gold medal in an Olympics held on Canadian soil when he took the podium in the Men's Moguls event at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC.
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According to the Town of Rosemère website:
Home language (2006)[1]
| Language | Population 15000 | Pct (%) |
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| French | 10,855 | 77.48% |
| English | 2,785 | 19.89% |
| Non official language | 230 | 1.64% |
| English and french | 135 | 0.96% |
The area that would become Rosemère was first settled in 1714, with the establishment of the Mille-Îles Seigneury.[2] By 1780, the Seigneury was well established, with large tracts of land under cultivation. Rosemere was named by J.P. Withers, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who moved to the area in 1880. At first he called his new home "Rose", after the many wild roses growing there. Later he added "mere" an old English word for a lake. The Mille-Îles river is wide and has the appearance of a lake at this location. So the English meaning would be "lake of roses". After the town's incorporation documents were forwarded to Québec City, an accent was added to the middle e; according to statements by residents. In French, the name does not mean "Mother of Roses", which would be said "Mère des Roses" in French. The town's name has no sensible meaning in French, though in typical Canadian fashion, the name has become bilingual.
In the first half of the last century, Rosemère had several natural sandy beaches on the Rivière des Mille-Îles and many cottages along the shoreline that were only used during the summer. These beaches fell into disuse in the early 1960s because of pollution. A majority of the year-round residents were francophone and many of the summer-only residents were anglophone. After World War II, Rosemère was transformed into a bedroom community of Montreal with the construction of homes in farmland and forested areas NW of Grande Cote. By 1964, 65% of Rosemère's residents were anglophone. While the French and English residents of Rosemère have always enjoyed the ambience of the area in harmony, the English population has declined over the years to today's 16% (Statistics Canada 2001 Census).
Rosemère is served by the Rosemère commuter rail station on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's Blainville–Saint-Jérôme Line. Local bus service is provided by CIT Laurentides.
| Sainte-Thérèse | Blainville | Lorraine | ||
| Rosemère | ||||
| Boisbriand | Rivière des Mille Îles / Laval |
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