Préville is a neighbourhood in

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and a former city. Excised from part of the Cité de Jacques-Cartier's territory on March 11, 1948, Préville existed as city in its own right until it was absorbed into the city of Saint-Lambert in 1969. Préville is located in the westernmost part of Saint-Lambert, to the west of the

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golf club. Préville was built up primarily in the period following

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History

Arguing that the physical separation of Preville from Jacques-Cartier was "an anomaly", Preville Ltd and the Country Club of Montreal successfully convinced the provincial government to incorporate the town of Preville. Preville Ltd and the Country Club of Montreal owned the land which they had been subdividing, developing and selling off. In 1969, Preville was merged into Saint-Lambert, Quebec.

Past mayors

Street names

Préville's streets are named after provinces of France; the concept originated from Préville itself, at the time when it was a town, and has since been maintained by Saint-Lambert for newer streets built in the neighborhood. The only streets that are not named after

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are the neighborhood's four main streets: Simard, Victoria, Queen and Riverside. Until 1967 the portion of Victoria Avenue extending into Préville was named Devonshire Road. The portion of Riverside Drive located in Préville was named King Edward Boulevard, until 1979.

Education

École Préville, administered by the Commission Scolaire Marie-Victorin, provides French-language primary education. It is the only primary school in Preville, as of June 2015. Preville School was built in 1958-59 under the aegis of the Chambly County Protestant School Board and operated for many years with classes only in English for grades 1 to 9. Since July 1, 1998,

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has been the responsibility of the

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. There is no longer an English-language school in Preville. English primary students (Kindergarten-Grade 6) attend Saint-Lambert Elementary, on Green Street. High school students (Secondary 1 through 5) attend

Chambly Academy Saint-Lambert International High School (previously known as Chambly Academy or Chambly County High School) is a public secondary school, in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 675 Green Street and borders the Club De Golf St-Lamber ...

(Formerly Chambly County High School), in Saint-Lambert. The

South Shore Protestant Regional School Board The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board (SSPRSB) was a Protestant Christian school district in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It served the South Shore (Montreal), South Shore region and it was headquartered in St. Lambert. The distric ...

had previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
(St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.

References

External links

More info (in French): http://marigot.ca/Atlas/Ind_Pag/Cen_Pag/Haut_Pag/20_Pag/Balk_Bas.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Preville Former municipalities in Quebec Saint-Lambert, Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1969 Neighbourhoods in Montérégie