Les Cèdres, Quebec
| Les Cèdres | |
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 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. |
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 Les Cèdres
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| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°WCoordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | March 9, 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raymond Larouche |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
| • Total | 88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 77.85 km2 (30.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,079 |
| • Density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 6.1% |
| • Dwellings | 2,408 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J7T 1A1 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 A-30
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 Route 338 Route 340
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| Website | www |
Les Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 6,079. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
In 1959-1960 Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.
The west end of Quebec Autoroute 30, a Montreal Island bypass route, runs through this area to link up with Autoroute 20. Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, a single-runway general aviation airport, is located north of Quebec Autoroute 20 in the Les Cèdres area.
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