Montebello

Montebello
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°56′W / 45.65°N 74.933°W / 45.65; -74.933
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
Incorporation	August 29, 1878
Government
- Type	Municipality
- Mayor	Pierre Bertrand
Area [1]
- Total	7.95 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
- Land	7.85 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
- Total	1,080
- Density	137.5/km2 (356.1/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	J0V
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.ville.montebello.qc.ca

Scenic barn in Montebello

Montebello is a municipality located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality of Western Quebec (Canada). As of the 2001 census, there were 1,039 permanent residents. The village has a total area of 7.95 square kilometers (3.07 sq mi), and is located at the eastern edge of Canada's National Capital Region.

The village is world famous for the Château Montebello resort, the largest log structure ever built. The resort was the host for the 1983 NATO Nuclear Planning Group, and the 1981 G7 Economic Summit.

Parc Omega, a large drive-through wildlife park, is just to the north in Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours.

History

Non-native settlement of the area began when the land of the Petite Nation Seigneury was purchased by Joseph Papineau in 1801. Later in 1817, Louis-Joseph Papineau inherited the property and starting in 1846, built the Manor of Montebello (which is preserved by Parks Canada as the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site).^[3] The Family Museum, (c. 1880) which is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, is next to the Manoir Papineau on the grounds of the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site of Canada. ^[4]

Louis-Joseph is credited with giving the name "Monte-Bello" to the location in 1854 as tribute to Napoleon-Auguste Lannes, Duke of Montebello (1801-1874), French diplomat and foreign minister in 1839, whom he had acquinted during his exile in France from 1839 to 1845.^[3]

In 1855, the village got its post office. In 1878, it separated from the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-de-la-Petite-Nation and formed the Village Municipality of Montebello. On August 2, 2003, its statutes were changed and it became the Municipality of Montebello.^[3]

The President of the United States (George W. Bush), the Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper), and the President of Mexico (Felipe Calderón) held a major trilateral summit meeting, in relation to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, at the Château Montebello, on August 20-21 2007. A diverse group numbering more than 1,200 protestors opposed the SPP meeting. The group included labour unions, environmental activists, political parties and NGOs.

Demographics

Population:^[5]

• Population in 2006: 1080
• Population in 2001: 1039
  • 2001 to 2006 population change: 5.0 %
• Population in 1996: 1066
• Population in 1991: 1022

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 437

Languages:

• English as first language: 4 %
• French as first language: 92 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 4 %

References

1. ^ Total area: Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions
   Land area: Statistics Canada 2006 Census
2. ^ Statistics Canada 2006 Census
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Montebello (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/odo.asp?Speci=42067. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
4. ^ http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=10215 Canadian Register of Historic Places.
5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

• Website of the municipality of Montebello
• Manoir Papineau

		Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
	Papineauville		Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
		Montebello
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Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°56′W / 45.65°N 74.933°W / 45.65; -74.933 (Montebello, Quebec)

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