Montreal
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Montreal (Inglis pronunciation: /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/; French: Montréal[5]; [mɔ̃ʁeal] ( listen), Canadian French: [mõʁeal]) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Canadae an the lairgest ceety in the province o Quebec. Oreeginally cawed Ville-Marie, or "Ceety o Mary",[6] the ceety takes its present name frae Mont-Royal,[7] the triple-peaked hill locatit in the hert o the ceety, whose name wis an aa initially gien tae the island on which the ceety is locatit,[8][9] or Mont Réal as it wis spelled in Middle French,[10] (Mont Royal in present French).
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Montreal Montréal | |
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Ceety | |
Ville de Montréal | |
Motto(s): Concordia Salus ("well-being through harmony") | |
Ceety o Montreal an enclave municipalities | |
Kintra | Canadae |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montreal |
RCM | Nane |
Foondit | 1642 |
Constitutit | 1 Januar 2002 |
Burghs | Leet
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Govrenment | |
• Teep | Montreal City Council |
• Mayor | Valérie Plante |
• Federal ridin | List
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• Prov. ridin | List
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Area | |
• Ceety | 431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi) |
• Laund | 365.13 km2 (140.98 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1545.30 km2 (596.64 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4258.31 km2 (1,644.14 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Ceety | 1,649,519 |
• Density | 4517.6/km2 (11,701/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,407,963 |
• Urban density | 2205.4/km2 (5,712/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,824,221 (2nt) |
• Metro density | 898.1/km2 (2,326/sq mi) |
• Chynge (2006–11) | 1.8% |
• Dwellins | 813819 |
Demonym(s) | Montrealer |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | H |
Area code(s) | 514 an 438 |
Website | www |
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