Mille-Isles, Quebec

Mille-Isles
Municipality

Location within Argenteuil RCM.
Mille-Isles

Location in central Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W / 45.817°N 74.217°W / 45.817; -74.217Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°13′W / 45.817°N 74.217°W / 45.817; -74.217[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Argenteuil
Settled 1850s
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2]
 • Mayor Michel Boyer
 • Federal riding Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
 • Prov. riding Argenteuil
Area[2][3]
 • Total 61.70 km2 (23.82 sq mi)
 • Land 60.82 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,629
 • Density 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 10.1%
 • Dwellings 912
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0R 1A0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 329
Website www.mille-isles.ca

Mille-Isles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.

Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.[4]

History

The municipality is named after the old Mille-Isles Seigneury, which originally straddled the Mille Îles River (the seigneury uses the old spelling, whereas the river uses the modern word that substitutes a circumflex for the "s"). In 1683, the seigneury was granted to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (circa 1638-1688), who was governor of Montreal in 1670. In 1714, it was inherited by Charles-Gaspard Piot de Langloiserie (circa 1655-1715) and Jean Petit (1663-1720), husbands of Marie-Thérèse Dugué and Charlotte Dugué respectively, daughters of the first lord. In 1752, additional land in the extreme north-west of the Mille-Isles Seigneury was given to Eustache Lambert Dumont and it is within this part that the municipality is located.[4]

The first settlers were from Ireland and arrived around 1850. The municipality was officially founded in 1855, following separation from the parish of Saint-Jérôme.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 679 (total dwellings: 912)

Mother tongue:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 41163 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mille-Isles
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Mille-Isles census profile
  4. 1 2 3 "Mille-Isles (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Saint-Sauveur / Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs
Morin Heights Saint-Jérôme
   Mille-Isles  
Wentworth Gore Saint-Colomban


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