Brossard
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Brossard (/brɒˈsɑːr, ˈbrɒsɑːrd/ bross-AR, BROSS-ard, French: [bʁɔsaʁ], locally [bʁɔsɑːʁ, bʁɔsɑɔ̯ʁ]) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada and is part of the Greater Montreal area. According to the 2021 census, Brossard's population was 91,525.[6] It shares powers with the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and was a borough of the municipality of Longueuil from 2002 to 2006.
Brossard | |
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Ville de Brossard | |
Motto: Si Je Puis Oultre | |
Coordinates: 45°28′N 73°27′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | None |
Agglomeration | Longueuil |
Founded | February 14, 1958 |
Incorporated (city) | 1978 |
Amalgamated | January 1, 2002 |
Reconstituted | January 1, 2006 |
Founded by | Georges-Henri Brossard |
Named for | Prominent family of the region and the city's founder |
Government | |
• Mayor | Doreen Assaad |
• Governing Body | Brossard City Council |
• MP | Alexandra Mendès (Brossard—Saint-Lambert, LPC) |
• MNA | Linda Caron (La Pinière, Québec Liberal Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 52.20 km2 (20.15 sq mi) |
• Land | 45.19 km2 (17.45 sq mi) |
• Water | 13.60 km2 (5.25 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[6] | |
• Total | 91,525 |
• Density | 2,025.3/km2 (5,246/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | 6.8% |
• Dwellings | 37,275 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-10 A-15 A-20 A-30 | R-132 R-134 |
NTS Map | 31H6 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
GNBC Code | EQKVD |
Québec Geocode | 58007 |
CLSC Territory | Brossard-Saint-Lambert (16052) |
Demonym | Brossardois(e) |
Rank | 67th |
Website | https://www.brossard.ca/ |
According to the website of the city of Brossard, the municipality was named in honour of the Brossard family (the surname derives from a word meaning "brushwood"), a prominent settler family of the area whose presence was first attested in 1766.[7] A member of this family, Georges-Henri Brossard, had been mayor of the predecessor parish municipality of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine since 1944 and became the first mayor of Brossard.
Other names that were considered included Maisonneuve (which was also considered as a possible name for the Champlain Bridge), La Vérendrye, Marquetteville, or Forgetville. The latter name, in honour of the recently deceased Mgr. Anastase Forget, bishop of Saint-Jean; however, Premier Maurice Duplessis intervened, to avoid the connotations of the English word "forget," and the name Brossard was ultimately chosen.[8]