Jean Talon Street (officially in french: rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the
Island of Montreal
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. It runs from
Decarie Boulevard
Autoroute 15 (also called the Décarie Expressway (English) or Autoroute Décarie (French) between the Turcot and Décarie Interchanges in Montreal and the Laurentian Autoroute (English) or Autoroute des Laurentides (French) north of Autorout ...
in the west through
Anjou Anjou may refer to:
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*County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou
**Count of Anjou, title of nobility
*Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France
**Duke ...
in the east to
Galeries d'Anjou
Galeries d'Anjou (formerly "CF Galeries d'Anjou") is a shopping mall located in the borough of Anjou in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Major tenants include Hudson's Bay, Simons, The Brick, Saks Off 5th, Winners and Sports Experts/Atmosphere. In add ...
.
Jean Talon
Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville (; January 8, 1626 – November 23, 1694) was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to ...
was the first
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. In the
Town of Mount Royal, it is called Dresden Avenue. In the Montreal Borough of
Saint Leonard, it is colloquially known as
Via Italia
Jean Talon Street (officially in french: rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the Island of Montreal. It runs from Decarie Boulevard in the west through Anjou in the east to Galeries d'Anjou. Jean Talon was the first Intendant of New ...
.
Via Italia
Between Viau Boulevard and Langelier Boulevard in the
Montreal
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borough of
Saint-Leonard, Jean Talon Street passes through the heart of Montreal's
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
Community and is nicknamed ''Via Italia''. It is home to many
Italian Canadian
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businesses and runs through the largest Italian-Canadian community in Montreal. There are 260,345 people of Italian ancestry living within the
Greater Montreal
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Area.
Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census
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Transit stations on Jean-Talon Street
*Namur
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Na ...
* Canora station (REM)
* Jean-Talon
*Fabre
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* D'Iberville
Within one block
* Acadie
* Parc
* Parc train station
* De Castelnau
* Saint-Michel
See also
* 141 Jean Talon East 141 may refer to:
* 141 (number), an integer
* AD 141, a year of the Julian calendar
* 141 BC
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Year 141 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Pompeius (or, ...
* Canora train station
*Little Italy, Montreal
Little Italy (french: La Petite-Italie; it, Piccola Italia) is a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is centered on Saint Laurent Boulevard between Jean Talon Street and St. Zotique Street in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, ...
* Jean-Talon Market
References
Streets in Montreal
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Saint-Leonard, Quebec
Anjou, Quebec
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