Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec

Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec

Infobox City
name = Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec
native_name = Ville de Vaudreuil-Dorion
nickname =
settlement_type = Ville
motto =






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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_type3 = RCM
subdivision_type4 =
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie (16)
subdivision_name3 = Vaudreuil-Soulanges
subdivision_name4 =
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Guy Pilon
leader_title1 =Federal MP
Vaudreuil—Soulanges
leader_name1 =Meili Faille
(Bloc Québécois)
leader_title2 =Quebec MNA
Vaudreuil
leader_name2 =Yvon Marcoux
(Parti Libéral du Québec)
established_date =16 Mar, 1994
established_title2 =
established_date2 =
area_footnotes =
area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 =
area_total_sq_mi =
area_land_km2 = 72.50
area_land_sq_mi =
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area_water_percent =
area_urban_km2 =
area_urban_sq_mi =
area_metro_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
population_as_of = 2007 estimates
population_footnotes =
population_note =
population_total = 27 660
population_density_km2 = 381.5
population_density_sq_mi =
population_metro =
population_density_metro_km2 =
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population_urban =
population_blank1_title =Change ~2001
population_blank1 =+29.5%
population_blank2_title =Dwellings
population_blank2 =10,637
timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
coor_type = 2555, rue Dutrisac
latd=45 |latm=24 |lats=16 |latNS=N
longd=74 |longm=02 |longs=08 |longEW=W
elevation_m =
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postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
postal_code = J7T to J7V
area_code = 450
blank_name =Access Routes

blank_info =
jct|state=QC|QC|338
jct|state=QC|QC|340
jct|state=QC|QC|342
website = [http://www.ville.vaudreuil-dorion.qc.ca ville.vaudreuil-dorion.qc.ca]
footnotes =

Vaudreuil-Dorion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec in the County of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, the city is located just off the western edge of Île Perrot, and is situated on the south shores of the Lake of Two Mountains.

Vaudreuil-Dorion is currently experiencing high population growth as farmland is converted to residential areas and commercial developments. There is a shuttle bus service operated by CIT La Presqu'Île connecting to the Dorion-Rigaud commuter rail line.

The city is the point of intersection for two of Canada's busiest highways: Autoroute 40/Autoroute 540/Autoroute 20 (connecting the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor) and the Trans-Canada Highway.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census:

History

On November 23, 1702, governor of New France Louis-Hector de Callière gave a seigneury to Philippe de Vaudreuil, who was governor of Montreal at the time. Rigaud de Vaudreuil will later become governor of New France.

In 1725, the region had only 38 inhabitants. It was only about 1742, when people began to be interested in the region, that Vaudreuil's population rose. There were 381 people living in Vaudreuil in 1765. It is with the creation of the Grand Trunk Railway that people began to live in Dorion, which was called Vaudreuil Station. Dorion became a village in 1891.

Dorion was bisected by Autoroute 20 which links downtown Montreal and Toronto as well as Highway 401 in Ontario. The CN and CP rail links between Toronto and Montreal are located in Dorion. Housing developments began in the 1950s and continued well into the 1970s. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, housing began sprouting north and east of Dorion.

Vaudreuil and Dorion merged in 1994, becoming the current city of "Vaudreuil-Dorion".

Geographic Location

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest =
North = L'Île-Cadieux
Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
Northeast =
West = Hudson
Saint-Lazare
Les Cèdres"'
Centre = Vaudreuil-Dorion
East = "Ottawa River"
Bridge to:
Pincourt
Terrasse-Vaudreuil
Southwest =
South = Pointe-des-Cascades
Southeast =

References

* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.asp/ Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E/ Statistics Canada]
* [http://www.elections.ca/pas/39ge/39official.pdf/ Elections Canada Results - 39th General Election (2006)]
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/ Director General of Quebec Elections]

External links

*fr [http://www.ville.vaudreuil-dorion.qc.ca Ville de Vaudreuil-Dorion]
*http://www.adbvd.com - Vaudreuil Basesball Association
* [http://www.hudsonquebec.com/ Surrounding area - Hudson, Quebec]


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