Montérégie
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Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Montérégie
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Administrative region
- Settlement.image_map
- Montérégie in Quebec.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.parts_type
- Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
- Settlement.parts_style
- coll
- Settlement.parts
- 14 RCM, 1 ET
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8,825
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,507,070
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 135.4
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Montérégien(ne)
- Settlement.timezone1
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- -5
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EDT
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative region of Quebec
- Demonym
- Montérégienne
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Quebec
- Contains
- Roussillon
- Capital
- Longueuil
- Population
- 1460933
- Area
- 8824
- Shares border with
- Estrie
- Official website
- www.monteregie.gouv.qc.ca
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- topic's main category
- Category:Montérégie
- Commons category
- Montérégie
- code
- 16
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Subregions
- Regional county municipalities
- Montérégie-Est
- Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent
- Equivalent territory
- Native Reserves
- Major communities
- References
- External links
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
The region had a population of 1,507,070 as of the 2016 census and a land area of , giving it a population density of . With approximately 18.5% of the province's population, it is the second most populous region of Quebec after Montreal. The majority of the population lives near the Saint Lawrence River, on the south shore of Montreal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montérégie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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