Coteau-du-Lac | |
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City | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.300°N 74.183°WCoordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.300°N 74.183°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Guy Jasmin |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 57.20 km2 (22.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 47.06 km2 (18.17 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,842 |
• Density | 145.4/km2 (377/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 7.8% |
• Dwellings | 2,631 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J0P |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-20 |
Route 201 Route 338 |
Website | www |
Coteau-du-Lac is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
The name of the town comes from the French word Coteau which meant "slope" and from its location on the north shore of Lake Saint Francis. The National Historic Site of Canada of the Coteau-du-Lac canal is the location of the first canal lock system in North America. The city has an industrial park.
The population was 6,842 as of the Canada 2011 Census.