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Montréal

City, 1,913,561 residents (2026)45° 30′ N, 73° 35′ WName of French origin

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    History and growth

    The name refers to mont Royal.

    1. 1642Founded (date according to Wikidata)
    2. January 1, 2002Incorporation as ville
    3. January 1, 2002Amalgamation: Anjou, Outremont, Pierrefonds, Montréal-Nord, Saint-Léonard, Lachine, LaSalle, Roxboro, Sainte-Geneviève, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Verdun, L'Île-Bizard
    4. January 1, 2006Breakup, creation of: Montréal-Est (3,796 residents), Westmount (20,003 residents), Montréal-Ouest (5,321 residents), Côte-Saint-Luc (31,739 residents), Hampstead (7,231 residents), Mont-Royal (19,400 residents), Dorval (18,311 residents), L'Île-Dorval (2 residents), Pointe-Claire (30,581 residents), Kirkland (21,735 residents), Beaconsfield (20,183 residents), Baie-D'Urfé (3,965 residents), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (5,336 residents), Senneville (1,028 residents), Dollard-des-Ormeaux (50,738 residents)
    1,837,072 residents in 2,002, 1,913,561 in 2,026. Estimates from the ISQ and census data, via the MAMH.

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