Mille-Isles
Mille-Isles | |
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 Location within Argenteuil RCM. | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| 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)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,629 |
| • Density | 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  10.1% |
| • Dwellings | 912 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-329 |
| Website | www |
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%
See also
References
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mille-Isles
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Mille-Isles census profile
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 41163". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Mille-Isles (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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