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Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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| City motto: "Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)"
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Location in the province of Quebec
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| Area | 500.05 km² (310 mi²)
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| Population
- City ( 2001)
- Canadian CD Rank
- Canadian Munical Rank
- Density
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1,812,723
Ranked 3rd
Ranked 2nd
3625.1/km²
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| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5
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Latitude
Longitude
| 45°28' N
73°45' W
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| Mayor
| Gérald Tremblay
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| Governing body
| Montreal City Council
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Montreal (/mVn.tri"Al/ in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil, /mO~.re"al/ in FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to) is the largest city in the province of Quebec, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe, where it also constitutes an administrative region. It is Canada's second most populous city after Toronto ( Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada is the Canadian federal government bureau commissioned with gathering and analysing statistics about Canada. The bureau is commonly called StatCan''. Statistics is a federal responsibility in Canada and StatCan produces statistics for al), and the second largest francophoneA Francophone is a person who speaks French natively or by adoption (i. the person uses it in everyday life). As an adjective, it means French-speaking, whether referring to individuals, groups or places. Francophone countries include France, Belgium, Can city in the world after ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to.
Both the federal and provincial governments use an accent in both English and French when writing Montréal, however it is more common to omit the accent in English usage.
Montreal is situated in the southwest of Quebec, approximately 200 kilometres (122 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 150 kilometres (93 miles) east of Ottawa, the federal capital. The city sits on the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River and Ottawa River; the island divides the Saint Lawrence between the main channel and Rivière des Prairies. The city also includes a total of 74 nearby islands such as Île des Soeurs , Île Bizard, Île Sainte-Hélène, and Île Notre-Dame . The city is spread over an area of 482.84 km2
(300 square miles).
The Montreal skyline
