La Prairie, Quebec

Infobox City
name = La Prairie, Quebec
settlement_type = City
official_name = Ville de La Prairie
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motto = "Victor Hostium et Sui"
(Latin for " Master of our Enemies and Oneself ")

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_type3 = RCM
subdivision_type4 = Electoral district
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie (16)
subdivision_name3 = Roussillon
subdivision_name4 = Federal: Brossard—La Prairie
MP: Marcel Lussier
Provincial: La Prairie
MNA: Monique Roy Verville
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Lucie F. Roussel
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established_title = Founded
established_date = March 30, 1846
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area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 43.28
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population_total = 21763
population_density_km2 = 502.9
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd=45 |latm=25 |lats=00 |latNS=N
longd=73 |longm=29 |longs=04 |longEW=W
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postal_code_type = Postal code span
postal_code = J5R
area_code = 450
website = [http://www.ville.laprairie.qc.ca/ ville.laprairie.qc.ca]
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La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Rousillon. The town has two secondary schools, l'école secondaire Magdeleine, a public French school and the Collège Jean de la Mennais, a private mixed French school.

The CIT Le Richelain provides commuter and local bus services.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census:
*Population: 21,763
*% Change (2001-2006): 15.2
*Dwellings: 8,758
*Area (km²): 43.69
*Density (persons per km²): 502.9

Mother Tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Photographs

Geographic Location

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Montreal
North = Brossard
Northeast = Carignan
West = "Saint Lawrence River"
Centre = La Prairie
East = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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South = Candiac, Saint-Philippe
Southeast =

ee also

*Brossard—La Prairie
*La Prairie (provincial electoral district)

External links

*fr icon [http://www.ville.laprairie.qc.ca/ Ville de La Prairie Website]