Le Sud-Ouest

Le Sud-Ouest is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Geography

Located southwest of downtown Montreal (hence the name), the borough is bordered to the northwest by Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, to the northeast by the Ville-Marie borough, to the south by the borough of Verdun, to the west by the borough of LaSalle and to the north by the city of Westmount. The Saint Lawrence River is located upon part of its eastern edge.

It has a population of 66,474 and an area of 11,93 km².

Government

;MunicipalThe current borough mayor is Jacqueline Montpetit.

The borough is divided into two districts:

*Côte-Saint-Paul—Ville-Émard
*Saint-Henri—Petite-Bourgogne—Pointe-Saint-Charles

;Federal and provincialThe borough is divided among the following federal ridings:

*Jeanne-Le Ber
*LaSalle—Émard

It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts:

*Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne
*Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Infrastructure

The borough comprises several distinct districts, mainly with working-class and industrial origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal. These include Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, and Griffintown to the north of the canal, and Côte-Saint-Paul, Pointe-Saint-Charles, and Ville Émard to its south.

The borough is served by the green and orange and lines of the Montreal Metro, including Place-Saint-Henri, Lionel-Groulx, Charlevoix, Angrignon, Georges-Vanier, Monk, and Jolicoeur stations.

The borough is traversed and partly delimited by Quebec Autoroutes 15 (Décarie Aut.) and 20 (Ville-Marie Aut.); Autoroute 10 (Bonaventure Aut.) also passes through it. The Montreal ends of the Champlain Bridge and Victoria Bridge lie in Le Sud-Ouest.

Major thoroughfares include Notre Dame St., Laurendeau St., St. Patrick St., La Vérendrye Blvd., De l'Église St., Monk Blvd., Centre St., Charlevoix St., Wellington St., Atwater Ave., and Guy St.

Important features of the borough include the Lachine Canal and its recreational facilities (including the Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada), the Atwater Market, the former Negro Community Centre, Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square, the Maison Saint-Gabriel, Saint Columba House, Angrignon Park, and Ignace Bourget Park.

Historically, large portions of this borough have been and are the centre of the Irish Catholic presence in Montreal.

ee also

* Boroughs of Montreal
* Districts of Montreal
* Griffintown
* Municipal reorganization in Quebec

External links

* City of Montreal. [http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/url/page/arr_so_fr/accueil Le Sud-Ouest] (in French)
* IMTL. [http://www.imtl.org/montreal/search.php?kind=1&vsearch=1&name=&floor=&floormax=&location=&borough=11&year=&yearmax=&subType=0&architect=&sub=Rechercher&TYPE=&interval=10&resume=2&sortBy=YEAR&sortType=DESC Historical buildings and skyscrapers in Sud-Ouest borough] Canadian City Geographic Location
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