Mascouche, Quebec

Mascouche
City
Coat of arms
Location (red) within Les Moulins RCM.
Mascouche Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°W / 45.750; -73.600Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W / 45.750°N 73.600°W / 45.750; -73.600
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Les Moulins
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government
• Mayor	Guillaume Tremblay
• Federal riding	Montcalm
• Prov. riding	Masson
Area
• Total	107.70 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
• Land	106.64 km2 (41.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	42,491
• Density	398.4/km2 (1,032/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	25.8%
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J7K, J7L
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-25	Route 125
Website	www.ville.mascouche.qc.ca

Mascouche is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 42,491, ranking 30th among Quebec municipalities.

The name comes from Algonquin word maskutchew meaning "bear plain" in singular. Compare plular form to maskutew for the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality located nearby.

Mascouche received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.

Montréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, is three kilometres southeast of the city.

Autoroutes 640 and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the centre of the city.

Mascouche is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Mascouche Station of Agence métropolitaine de transport's Mascouche Line.

L'Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city centre on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as Mount Royal Park in Montreal.

Mascouche is the hometown of baseball player Éric Gagné.

It is also Émilie Mondor's hometown, a Canadian Olympic athlete, who was a two-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres.

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