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Sainte-Rose is a district in

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. It was incorporated as a village in 1850, and was a separate town until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965 which amalgamated all the municipalities on

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into a single City of Laval. Ste-Rose is best known for the parish church, erected 1740, which contains a

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organ and hosts numerous concerts every year, and for "Vieux Ste-Rose", an area known for its old houses and its restaurants. Other districts that are also part of Sainte-Rose are Champenois (located between Boulevard Curé-Labelle and Autoroute 15, to the west of "Vieux Ste-Rose") and Champfleury, also known as Des Oiseaux (after the name of the district's main thoroughfare), to the south, near the border with Chomedey.

Transportation

It is served by city bus lines operated by the

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and by commuter trains of the Saint-Jerome line of the

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(RTM). The

Sainte-Rose station Sainte-Rose station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Saint-Jérôme line Saint-Jérôme (also designated exo2, formerly known as Blainville–Saint-Jérôme) is a commuter railway line ...

on that line is located just east of "Vieux Ste-Rose", on the border with Auteuil.

Geography

Sainte-Rose is delimited on the north by the

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, on the west by

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, on the north-east by

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, on the south-east by Vimont and on the south by Chomedey.

Education

Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. * Écoles secondaire Curé-Antoine-Labelle * École primaire Demers * École primaire Des Cardinaux * École primaire Du Parc * École primaire L’Envolée * École primaire L’Aquarelle * École primaire Villemaire * École primaire Le Baluchon (alternative school)Le Baluchon (école alternative)
" Commission scolaire de Laval. Retrieved on September 24, 2017.

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operates English-language public schools. All sections of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy.

Trivia

* Antoine Labelle, priest and proponent of the settlement of the Laurentians, was born and lived there. His house is classified as an historic building. * It is also the birthplace of painter Marc-Aurèle Fortin. * Les Patriotes of the Lower Canada Rebellion gathered at a hotel on a road that is known today as the "rue des Patriotes" (street of the Patriots).

References

Sainte-Rose at the Commission de toponymie du Québec

External links

City of Laval, official website
{{Laval, Quebec Neighbourhoods in Laval, Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1965 Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia