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Montréal
Ville de Montréal
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Motto(s): 
Concordia Salus
("well-being through harmony")
Ceety o Montreal an enclave municipalities
Ceety o Montreal an enclave municipalities
Kintra Canadae
Province Quebec
RegionMontreal
RCMNane
Foondit1642
Constitutit1 Januar 2002
Burghs
Govrenment
  TeepMontreal City Council
  MayorValérie Plante
  Federal ridin
  Prov. ridin
Area
  Ceety431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi)
  Laund365.13 km2 (140.98 sq mi)
  Urban1545.30 km2 (596.64 sq mi)
  Metro4258.31 km2 (1,644.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
233 m (764 ft)
Lowest elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Ceety1,649,519
  Density4517.6/km2 (11,701/sq mi)
  Urban3,407,963
  Urban density2205.4/km2 (5,712/sq mi)
  Metro3,824,221 (2nt)
  Metro density898.1/km2 (2,326/sq mi)
  Chynge (2006–11)
Increase1.8%
  Dwellins
813819
Demonym(s)Montrealer
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)514 an 438
Websitewww.ville.montreal.qc.ca

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).

Sister ceeties

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Montreal haes a nummer o sister ceeties:

   

References

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  1. 1 2 Geographic code 66023 in the offeecial Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  2. 1 2 "(Code 2466023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  3. 1 2 "(Code 0547) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. 1 2 "(Code 462) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  5. It is maist common tae omit the acute accent in Inglis-leid uisage (Montreal), unless ane is uisin a proper name whaur the context requires the uise o the accent (e.g. Le Journal de Montréal, as compared tae the Montreal Gazette), an tae keep the accent in French-leid uisage (Montréal). This is an aa the approach favoured bi The Canadian Press Style Book (ISBN 0-920009-32-8, at p. 234) an The Globe and Mail Style Book (ISBN 0-7710-5685-0, at p. 249). According to The Canadian Style (ISBN 1-55002-276-8, at pp. 263–4), the official style guide of the Government of Canada, the name of the city is to be written with an accent in all government materials.
  6. "Old Montréal / Centuries of History". 2000-04. Retrieved 2009-03-26. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. "Mount Royal Park - Montreal's Mount Royal Park or Parc du Mont-Royal". Montreal.about.com. Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  8. "Island of Montreal". Natural Resources Canada. Archived frae the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 07-02-2008. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. Poirier, Jean (1979). "Île de Montréal". 5 (1). Quebec: Canoma: 6–8. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); |contribution= ignored (help)
  10. "real". Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2009.