Ville-Émard
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| Ville-Émard | |
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| Coordinates: 45°27′21″N 73°35′33″W / 45.45572°N 73.59258°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Borough | Le Sud-Ouest |
Ville-Émard is a neighbourhood located in the Southwest Borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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[edit] History
The Territory of Saint-Paul was on a Ville-Marie (now Montreal) map done on the 15th of october 1702, so it is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the City[1].This area was first called the Parish Municipality of Côte-Saint-Paul (1878) following its separation from the Village of Côte-Saint-Paul in which the other part of the village became the Ville de Saint-Paul. In 1902 it became known as the Municipalité du Village du boulevard Saint-Paul and once Ulric Émard became mayor, in 1908, he changed the name for Ville-Émard. Although he was only mayor for a year, he contributed a lot in the growth of Ville-Émard with his company, Compagnie des Terrains de la banlieue de Montréal, also owned by Ouimet, Monk, Swail and Gohier[2]. The two first streets of Ville-Émard were Hamilton and Beaulieu, opened up by Éphrem Hudon in 1871.[3] The first Parish of the neighborhood was Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours, founded in 1906. In 1910, Ville-Emard was annexed to the city of Montreal at the same time as its neighbour Côte-Saint-Paul, it became a working class neighborhood of the Southwest Borough.
[edit] Geography
This neighbourhood is bordered by the Aqueduct Canal and the borough of Verdun to the south, Angrignon Park and the borough of LaSalle to the west, the Lachine Canal and the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce to the north, and the neighbourhood of Côte-Saint-Paul to the east. This neighbourhood is accessible via the Angrignon exit on Quebec Autoroute 20 and the De La Vérendrye exit on Quebec Autoroute 15.
[edit] Infrastructure
Ville-Émard is served by three stations on the Montreal Metro's Green Line, Monk, Angrignon and Jolicoeur. It is crossed and bordered by the Lachine and Aqueduct canals. Various bicycle paths run alongside the canals.
Angrignon Park, one of the most important urban parks in the city of Montreal is located in the neighbourhood. The Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay as well as the Marie-Uguay library are situated in Ville-Émard, as is École secondaire Honoré-Mercier.
[edit] Notable people
- Mario Lemieux, NHL ice hockey player
- Marie Uguay, poet
Albert Millaire, actor
[edit] References
- ^ http://ville-emard.com/pages/histoire/histoire.html
- ^ Benoit, Michelle et Gratton, Roger, Voie de fer et voies d'eaux, le patrimoine de Montréal, quartiers du Sud-Ouest, dans Pignon sur rue, les Quartiers de Montréal, Guérin 1991
- ^ http://ville-emard.com/pages/histoire/histoire.html
Coordinates: 45°27′20.6″N 73°35′33.3″W / 45.455722°N 73.592583°W
