Les Cèdres, Quebec
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Les Cèdres | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. | |
  Les Cèdres Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | March 9, 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raymond Larouche |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
| • Total | 88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 6,079 |
| • Density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.1% |
| • Dwellings | 2,408 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-20  A-30 |  R-338  R-340 |
| Website | www |
Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 6,079. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
There is an extensive rapid on the St. Lawrence River at this location.[5] During the American Revolution, the Battle of the Cedars was fought in the vicinity. In 1959-1960 Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.
Demographics
Population
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| Population | 6,079 (+6.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) |
| Population density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| Median age | 38.8 (M: 38.6, F: 39.1) |
| Private dwellings | 2,408 (total) |
| Median household income | $76,394 |
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Language
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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6,045
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5,360 | 3.6%
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88.67% | 470 | 34.3%
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7.78% | 80 | 14.3%
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1.32% | 135 | 8.0%
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2.23% | |||||
2006
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5,720
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5,175 | 11.3%
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90.47% | 350 | 27.3%
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6.12% | 70 |  41.7%
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1.22% | 125 | 78.6%
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2.19% | |||||
2001
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5,115
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4,650 | 10.1%
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90.91% | 275 | 3.8%
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5.38% | 120 | 166.7%
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2.34% | 70 | 26.3%
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1.37% | |||||
1996
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4,630
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4,225 | n/a | 91.25% | 265 | n/a | 5.72% | 45 | n/a | 0.97% | 95 | n/a | 2.05% | |||||
Infrastructure
Transportation
The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30, a Montreal Island bypass route, runs through this area to link up with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, a single-runway general aviation airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20 in the Les Cèdres area.
Schools
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[9]
- École Marguerite-Bourgeoys
- Some areas are served by École Du Papillon-Bleu (pavillons Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Sainte-Trinité) in Vaudreuil-Dorion and by École Des Étriers in Saint-Lazare[10]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Birchwood Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School in Saint-Lazare and St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt.[11]
See also
Media related to Les Cèdres, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 148078". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec: Les Cèdres". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ^ . . 1914.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Liste des bassins desservis par les écoles en 2017-2018." Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved on September 30, 2017.
- ^ "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.
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