Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé
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Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé is a former
borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...
in the
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area of
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,
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. It was composed of the municipalities of
Beaconsfield Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of central London and southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High Wycombe. The ...
and
Baie-D'Urfé Baie-D'Urfé (, ; previously spelled Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee) is an Greater Montreal, on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the West Island area of the Island of Montreal. As part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganiz ...
through a forced merger on January 1, 2002. On June 20, 2004, both Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé voted to return to being independent municipalities, effective January 1, 2006.


See also

* List of former boroughs of Montreal * Montreal Merger *
Municipal reorganization in Quebec A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...


References

Former Montreal boroughs Beaconsfield, Quebec {{Montreal-stub fr:Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé