Piedmont is a small municipality within the
Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Pays-d'En-Haut () is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 41,877.
Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (4 ...
, Canada, in the
Laurentian Mountains
The Laurentian Mountains ( French: ''Laurentides'') are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of at Mont Raoul Blanchard, northeast of Quebec City in the Laurentid ...
of the administrative region of
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...
. It is located along the
North River and
Autoroute 15 and
Route 117, north of
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
.
Police services are provided by the
Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord The Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord ( French for ''Rivière-du-Nord Intermunicipal Police Board'') was the shared police service of three (originally four) municipalities in Quebec's Laurentians:
* Saint-Hippolyte
*Piedmont
...
, which also serves
Prévost and some other nearby communities in the Laurentians.
Demographics
Population trend:
* Population in 2021: 3476 (2016 to 2021 population change: 17.8%)
* Population in 2016: 2950 (2011 to 2016 population change: 8.4%)
* Population in 2011: 2721 (2006 to 2011 population change: 14.0%)
* Population in 2006: 2386 (2001 to 2006 population change: 12.4%)
* Population in 2001: 2122
* Population in 1996: 1862
* Population in 1991: 1462
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1822 (total dwellings: 2385)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 5.5%
* French as first language: 88.4%
* English and French as first language: 2.2%
* Other as first language: 3.3%
Piedmont QC 2.jpg, Piedmont town hall
Rivière du Nord (Piedmond).JPG, Rivière du Nord in Piedmont
Education
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
operates Anglophone public schools:
* Morin Heights Elementary School (serves a portion) in
Morin-Heights
Morin-Heights is a town in the Laurentian Mountains region of Quebec, Canada. It is west of Saint-Sauveur and north of Lachute; municipally, it is within the Regional County Municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
It is primarily a tourist town, ...
* Saint Adèle Elementary School (serves a portion) in
Saint-Adèlemaps zone/171 - WEB SAINTE ADELE.pdf SAINTE ADÈLE ELEMENTARY ZONE
" Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal.
It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...
. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
See also
*List of municipalities in Quebec
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Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ...
References
External links
Site officiel Piedmont
Tourisme Pays-d'en-Haut
''Piedmont'' at Commission de toponymie du Québec
Statistics Canada
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Laurentides