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Montreal

Montréal
Ceety
Ville de Montréal
VuedeMontreal.jpg
Banner o Montreal
Banner
Motto(s): 
Concordia Salus
("well-being through harmony")
Ceety o Montreal an enclave municipalities
Ceety o Montreal an enclave municipalities
Montreal is locatit in Quebec
Montreal
Montreal
Coordinates (275, rue Notre-Dame Est, bur. R.134, Montréal[1]): 45°31′N 73°39′W / 45.517°N 73.650°W / 45.517; -73.650Coordinates: 45°31′N 73°39′W / 45.517°N 73.650°W / 45.517; -73.650
Kintra Canadae
Province Quebec
RegionMontreal
RCMNane
Foondit1642
Constitutit1 Januar 2002
Burghs
Govrenment
 • TeepMontreal City Council
 • MayorDenis Coderre
 • Federal ridin
 • Prov. ridin
Area
 • Ceety431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi)
 • Land365.13 km2 (140.98 sq mi)
 • Urban1,545.30 km2 (596.64 sq mi)
 • Metro4,258.31 km2 (1,644.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
233 m (764 ft)
Lawest elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Ceety1,649,519
 • Density4,517.6/km2 (11,701/sq mi)
 • Urban3,407,963
 • Urban density2,205.4/km2 (5,712/sq mi)
 • Metro3,824,221 (2nt)
 • Metro density898.1/km2 (2,326/sq mi)
 • Chynge (2006–11)
Increase1.8%
 • Dwellins
813,819
Demonym(s)Montrealer
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
H
Aurie code(s)514 an 438
Wabsteidwww.ville.montreal.qc.ca

Montreal (French: Montréal;[5] pronoonced [mɔ̃ʁeˈal] ( listen) in French, /[unsupported input]ˌmʌntriˈɔːl/ in Inglis[6]) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Canadae an the lairgest ceety in the province o Quebec. Oreeginally cawed Ville-Marie, or "Ceety o Mary",[7] the ceety takes its present name frae Mont-Royal,[8] the triple-peaked hill locatit in the hert o the ceety, whose name wis an aa initially gien tae the island on which the ceety is locatit,[9][10] or Mont Réal as it wis spelled in Middle French,[11] (Mont Royal in present French).

Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Montreal haes a nummer o sister ceeties:

   

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geographic code 66023 in the offeecial Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "(Code 2466023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 0547) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "(Code 462) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  5. ↑ It is maist common tae omit the acute accent in Inglis-leid uisage (Montreal), unless ane is uisin a proper name whaur the context requires the uise o the accent (e.g. Le Journal de Montréal, as compared tae the Montreal Gazette), an tae keep the accent in French-leid uisage (Montréal). This is an aa the approach favoured bi The Canadian Press Style Book (ISBN 0-920009-32-8, at p. 234) an The Globe and Mail Style Book (ISBN 0-7710-5685-0, at p. 249). According to The Canadian Style (ISBN 1-55002-276-8, at pp. 263–4), the official style guide of the Government of Canada, the name of the city is to be written with an accent in all government materials.
  6. ↑ /ˌmʌntriˈɑːl/ is the local Inglis pronunciation. Elsewhaur it tends to be /ˌmʌntriˈʌl/ or /ˌmɒntriˈɔːl/.
  7. ↑ "Old Montréal / Centuries of History". 2000-04. Retrieved 2009-03-26. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Mount Royal Park - Montreal's Mount Royal Park or Parc du Mont-Royal". Montreal.about.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  9. ↑ "Island of Montreal". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 07-02-2008. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ↑ Poirier, Jean (1979). "Île de Montréal". 5 (1). Quebec: Canoma: 6–8. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); |contribution= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "real". Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-03-23.


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