La Prairie, Quebec

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La Prairie, Quebec
—  City  —
Ville de La Prairie
Skyline of La Prairie, Quebec
Motto: Victor Hostium et Sui
(Latin for " Master of our Enemies and Oneself ")
Coordinates: 45°25′00″N 73°29′04″W / 45.416667, -73.48444
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie (16)
RCM Roussillon
Electoral district Federal: Brossard—La Prairie
     MP: Alexandra Mendes
Provincial: La Prairie
     MNA: Monique Roy Verville
Founded March 30, 1846
Government
 - Mayor Lucie F. Roussel
Area
 - Total 43.28 km² (16.7 sq mi)
Population (2006 Census)
 - Total 21,763
 - Density 502.9/km² (1,302.5/sq mi)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span J5R
Area code(s) 450
Website: ville.laprairie.qc.ca

La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Rousillon. The town has two secondary schools, l'école secondaire Magdeleine, a public French school and the Collège Jean de la Mennais, a private mixed French school.

The CIT Le Richelain provides commuter and local bus services.

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Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

  • Population: 21,763
  • % Change (2001-2006): 15.2
  • Dwellings: 8,758
  • Area (km²): 43.69
  • Density (persons per km²): 502.9

Mother Tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Percentage (%)
French only 19,010 88.34%
English only 740 3.44%
Both English and French 115 0.53%
Other languages 1,655 7.69%

Photographs

Geographic Location

Montreal Brossard
 Carignan
 
Saint Lawrence River North Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
West   La Prairie    East
South
Candiac, Saint-Philippe

See also

External links


Municipalities of the MMC/Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval
North Shore
South Shore
Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA
Flag of Quebec Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
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