Piedmont, Quebec

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Piedmont
Municipality
Piedmont QC 1.jpg
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Piedmont is located in Central Quebec
Piedmont
Piedmont
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°54′N 74°08′W / 45.9°N 74.13°W / 45.9; -74.13Coordinates: 45°54′N 74°08′W / 45.9°N 74.13°W / 45.9; -74.13[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLaurentides
RCMLes Pays-d'en-Haut
ConstitutedSeptember 22, 1923
Government
[2]
 • MayorClément Cardin
 • Federal ridingLaurentides—Labelle
 • Prov. ridingBertrand
Area
[2][3]
 • Total24.70 km2 (9.54 sq mi)
 • Land24.37 km2 (9.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,721
 • Density111.7/km2 (289/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11)
Increase 14.0%
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0R 1K0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Websitewww.piedmont.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Piedmont is a small municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains of the administrative region of Laurentides. It is located along the North River and Autoroute 15 and Route 117, north of Montreal.

Police services are provided by the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord, which also serves Prévost and some other nearby communities in the Laurentians.

Demographics[]

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 2721 (2006 to 2011 population change: 14.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 2386
    • 2001 to 2006 population change: 12.4%
  • Population in 2001: 2122
  • Population in 1996: 1862
  • Population in 1991: 1462

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1397 (total dwellings: 1996)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 8%
  • French as first language: 90.5%
  • English and French as first language: 0.5%
  • Other as first language: 1%

Education[]

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

  • Morin Heights Elementary School (serves a portion) in Morin-Heights[5]
  • Saint Adèle Elementary School (serves a portion) in Saint-Adèle[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Reference number 48955 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 77030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2477030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ^ "MORIN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "maps zone/171 - WEB SAINTE ADELE.pdf SAINTE ADÈLE ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.

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