Les Cèdres, Quebec

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Les Cèdres
Municipality
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM.
Les Cèdres Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W / 45.300; -74.050Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W / 45.300; -74.050[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted	March 9, 1985
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Raymond Larouche
• Federal riding	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
• Prov. riding	Soulanges
Area [2][4]
• Total	88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi)
• Land	77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	6,079
• Density	78.1/km2 (202/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.1%
• Dwellings	2,408
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J7T 1A1
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-20 A-30	Route 338 Route 340
Website	www.ville.lescedres.qc.ca

Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 6,079. The name means "The Cedars" in French.

There is an extensive rapid on the St. Lawrence River at this location.^[5] During the American Revolution, the Battle of the Cedars was fought in the vicinity. In 1959-1960 Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.

Demographics[]

Population[]

Language[]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Cèdres, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		6,045		5,360	3.6%	88.67%		470	34.3%	7.78%		80	14.3%	1.32%		135	8.0%	2.23%
2006		5,720		5,175	11.3%	90.47%		350	27.3%	6.12%		70	41.7%	1.22%		125	78.6%	2.19%
2001		5,115		4,650	10.1%	90.91%		275	3.8%	5.38%		120	166.7%	2.34%		70	26.3%	1.37%
1996		4,630		4,225	n/a	91.25%		265	n/a	5.72%		45	n/a	0.97%		95	n/a	2.05%

Infrastructure[]

Transportation[]

The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30, a Montreal Island bypass route, runs through this area to link up with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, a single-runway general aviation airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20 in the Les Cèdres area.

Schools[]

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.^[9]

• École Marguerite-Bourgeoys
• Some areas are served by École Du Papillon-Bleu (pavillons Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Sainte-Trinité) in Vaudreuil-Dorion and by École Des Étriers in Saint-Lazare^[10]

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Birchwood Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School in Saint-Lazare and St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt.^[11]

See also[]

• List of municipalities in Quebec

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