Les Cèdres, Quebec
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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 2021 Census was 7,184. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
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Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | March 9, 1985 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bernard Daoust |
• Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi) |
• Land | 77.63 km2 (29.97 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 7,184 |
• Density | 92.5/km2 (240/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 6% |
• Dwellings | 2,810 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 A-30 | R-338 R-340 |
Website | www |
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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.