Montreal
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Montreal (/ˌmʌntriˈɔːl/, spelled Montréal in French) is a city in the country of Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. It is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris.
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Montreal
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Ville de Montréal | |
Nickname(s): | |
Motto: Concordia Salus ("well-being through harmony") | |
Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°33′15″W[5] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montreal |
UA | Urban agglomeration of Montreal |
Founded | May 17, 1642 |
Incorporated | 1832 |
Constituted | January 1, 2002 |
Boroughs | List
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Government | |
• Type | Montreal City Council |
• Mayor | Valérie Plante |
• Federal riding | List
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• Prov. riding | List
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• MPs | List of MPs
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Area | |
• City | 431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi) |
• Land | 365.13 km2 (140.98 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,293.99 km2 (499.61 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,604.26 km2 (1,777.71 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population (2021)[8] | |
• City | 1,762,949 (2nd) |
• Density | 4,828.3/km2 (12,505/sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,291,732 (2nd) |
• Metro density | 919/km2 (2,380/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016–2022 | 2.9% |
• Metro Dwellings | 1,929,263 |
Demonym(s) | Montrealer Montréalais(e)[9] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | H
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Area code(s) | 514 and 438 and 263 |
Police | SPVM |
GDP (Montreal CMA) | $200.9 billion (2016)[10] |
GDP per capita (Montreal CMA) | CA$49,024 (2016) |
Website | montreal |
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Montreal is built on an island sitting in the Saint Lawrence River. More than three million people live in the Montreal region. At the centre of Montreal is a mountain called Mount Royal. The suburb of Westmount is a very rich suburb on the island of Montreal.
Most of the people who live in Montreal speak French.