Mille-Isles
Mille-Isles | |
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![]() Location within Argenteuil RCM | |
Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W / 45.82°N 74.22°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Laurentides |
RCM | Argenteuil |
Settled | 1850s |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michel Boyer |
• Federal riding | Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel |
• Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
Area | |
• Total | 61.70 km2 (23.82 sq mi) |
• Land | 60.82 km2 (23.48 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,629 |
• Density | 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 912 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | mille-isles |
Mille-Isles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.
Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.[4]
History
The municipality is named after the old Mille-Isles Seigneury, which originally straddled the Mille Îles River (the seigneury uses the old spelling, whereas the river uses the modern word that substitutes a circumflex for the "s"). In 1683, the seigneury was granted to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (circa 1638-1688), who was governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1714, it was inherited by Charles-Gaspard Piot de Langloiserie (circa 1655-1715) and Jean Petit (1663-1720), husbands of Marie-Thérèse Dugué and Charlotte Dugué respectively, daughters of the first lord. In 1752, additional land in the extreme north-west of the Mille-Isles Seigneury was given to Eustache Lambert Dumont and it is within this part that the municipality is located.[4]
The first settlers were from Ireland and arrived around 1850. The municipality was officially founded in 1855, following separation from the parish of Saint-Jérôme.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 1629 (2006 to 2011 population change: 10.1%)
- Population in 2006: 1480
- Population in 2001: 1209
- Population in 1996: 1157
- Population in 1991: 944
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 679 (total dwellings: 912)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 28%
- French as first language: 69%
- English and French as first language: 1%
- Other as first language: 2%
Education
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The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools:[6]
- École primaire Bellefeuille in Saint-Jérôme
- École secondaire Émilien-Frenette in Saint-Jérôme and École polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:
- Morin Heights Elementary School in Morin-Heights serves most of the town[7]
- Laurentia Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme serves a portion of the town[8]
- Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 41163". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mille-Isles Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Mille-Isles census profile
- ^ a b c "Mille-Isles (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Trouver une école ou un centre." Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Retrieved on September 24, 2017. For attendance boundary information, click "Par bassin d'école"
- ^ "MORIN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
- ^ "LAURENTIA ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
- ^ "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
External links
Media related to Mille-Isles at Wikimedia Commons