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This same village became a town in 1874, and then a city in 1920. [7] Musician Paul Pratt notably served as the city's mayor from 1935 to 1966. Longueuil's city limits expanded for the first time in 1961 when it merged with Montréal-Sud, and again in 1969 when it merged with Ville Jacques-Cartier. [7]
Longueuil’s history dates to the 17th century with the settling of French colonists. It is today an important suburb of Montreal and is connected to the island of Montreal by the Jacques Cartier bridge and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel-bridge.
5 days ago · Longueuil, city, Montérégie region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, opposite Montreal city. The city was founded in 1657 by Charles Le Moyne. Reached by railway in 1880, it grew to become an important residential and industrial suburb of Montreal; after annexing.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and still retains the same area as that mega-city.
Longueuil became a city in 1920. The borders of Longueuil grew in the 1960’s until 2002 as it merged with nearby towns. However, in 2006, the de-amalgamation of Longueuil was announced and the merged municipalities (during 2002) were now independent municipalities again.
History. Longueuil merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. These cities became boroughs of the Longueuil megacity.
Longueuil, Qué, City, pop 371 934 (based on the 2001c), 127 977 (1996c), area 283.73 km2, inc 2002, was created by the amalgamation of 8 distinct municipalities including the former city of Longueuil. The new Longueuil is the third-ranking city in Québec and the most populous of the MONTRÉAL suburban communities.
