Laurentides

Location in Quebec.

The Laurentides (French: Laurentides) is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of 20,744.29 km² (8,009.42 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 511,276 inhabitants.

The area was inhabited by the Montagnais First Nations tribe, until the French settled it in the first half of the 19th century, establishing an agricultural presence throughout the valleys. During the 20th century, the area also became a popular tourist destination, based on a cottage and lake culture in the summer, and a downhill and cross-country ski culture in the winter. Ski resorts include St-Sauveur and Mont Tremblant.

The Laurentides still offer a weekend escape for Montrealers and tourists from New England to Ontario, though with the building of a major highway through the area in the 1970s (Autoroute 15), the area has experienced a lot of growth. Its largest city is Saint-Jérôme, in its extreme southeast, with a 2006 census population of 63,729 inhabitants.

Subdivisions

Regional County Municipalities

• Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Mirabel, Quebec (Mirabel is both a City and a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)
• Thérèse-de-Blainville Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Indian Reserve

• Doncaster, Quebec

Major communities

External links

• Portail régional des Laurentides Portail régional des Laurentides
• Tourism Laurentians Official website - Site Officiel
• Annuaire commercial et industriel et plus. INFOLAURENTiDES
  Commercial and industrial directory and more.http://www.infolaurentians.ca

See also

• List of Quebec regions

v • d • e  Administrative divisions of Laurentides  (Region 15) Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census). Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Deux-Montagnes · Thérèse-de-Blainville · Mirabel · La Rivière-du-Nord · Argenteuil · Les Pays-d'En-Haut · Les Laurentides · Antoine-Labelle Major1 municipalities Saint-Eustache · Deux-Montagnes · Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac · Pointe-Calumet · Boisbriand · Sainte-Thérèse · Blainville · Rosemère · Lorraine · Bois-des-Filion · Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines · Mirabel · Saint-Colomban · Saint-Jérôme · Sainte-Sophie · Prévost · Saint-Hippolyte · Lachute · Brownsburg-Chatham · Estérel · Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson · Sainte-Adèle · Saint-Sauveur · Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts · Barkmere · Mont-Tremblant · Rivière-Rouge · Mont-Laurier Administrative divisions of Quebec

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