Mont-Blanc, Quebec

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Mont-Blanc
Municipality
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Location within Les Laurentides RCM.
Location within Les Laurentides RCM.
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Les Laurentides
Constituted January 3, 1996
Name change[1] January 29, 2022
Government[2]
 • Mayor Pierre Poirier
 • Federal riding Laurentides—Labelle
 • Prov. riding Labelle
Area[2][3]
 • Total 129.30 km2 (49.92 sq mi)
 • Land 121.28 km2 (46.83 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 3,467
 • Density 28.6/km2 (74/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 16.1%
 • Dwellings 2,407
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0T 1J2
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 117 (TCH)
Website www.municipalite.
stfaustin.qc.ca

Mont-Blanc, formerly known as Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ fostɛ̃ lak kaʁe]), is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.

History

The Municipality of Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré's application to change its name to the Municipality of Mont-Blanc was approved by the Government of Quebec on January 14, 2022[1] and officially modified on January 29, 2022.[5]

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2011: 3467 (2006 to 2011 population change: 16.1%)
  • Population in 2006: 2985
  • Population in 2001: 2790
  • Population in 1996: 2470
    • Lac-Carré: 861
    • Saint-Faustin: 1609
  • Population in 1991:
    • Lac-Carré: 801
    • Saint-Faustin: 1410

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1558 (total dwellings: 2407)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 15.5%
  • French as first language: 80.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0.8%
  • Other as first language: 3.7%

Education

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Sainte Agathe Academy (of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels.[7]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 78047 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Reference number 312947 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  5. ↑ https://statistique.quebec.ca/statistiques/divisions-territoriales/bulletins/modifications-municipalites-janvier-2022.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  7. ↑ "About Us." Saint Agathe Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. See Elementary zone map and Secondary zone map - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.


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Mont-Tremblant Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Ivry-sur-le-Lac
  Mont-Blanc  
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